Recognised as Colour

#6F282C

#6F282C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6F282C is a red with RGB values 111, 40, 44 and HSL 357°, 47%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6F282C#6F282C

HEX#6F282C

RGBrgb(111, 40, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.1569, 0.1725

RGB percentages43.5%, 15.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(356.6, 47%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 64%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 64%, 60.4%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,284,780

CSS custom property--colour: #6F282C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.42:1

Contrast with white10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#90D7D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#39362Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B452Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7A1B2Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 26.6 Sienna · ΔE 27.5 Maroon · ΔE 29.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.5 Indian red · ΔE 30.6 Dark red · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 26.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#286F6B

Analogous#6F2850, #6F4728

Triadic#2C6F28, #282C6F

Split complementary#286F47, #28506F

Tetradic#506F28, #286F6B, #47286F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D68D91

Lighter +30%#C8686D

Lighter +20%#BA434A

Lighter +10%#94363B

Darker −10%#4A1A1D

Darker −20%#240D0E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#82151B

Less saturated −25%#5C3B3D

Channel breakdown

R111

G40

B44

Red111 (43.5%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue356.62°

Saturation (HSL)47.02%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 28 · B 2C

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