Recognised as Colour

#C6594E

#C6594E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C6594E is a red with RGB values 198, 89, 78 and HSL 5°, 51%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#C6594E

RGBrgb(198, 89, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.349, 0.3059

RGB percentages77.6%, 34.9%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(5.5, 51.3%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 60.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 55.1%, 60.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,998,990

CSS custom property--colour: #C6594E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#39A6B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746C4Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F844Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Tritanopia#D84557no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.2 Brown · ΔE 15.9 Salmon · ΔE 16 Light coral · ΔE 16.7 Sienna · ΔE 17.4 Firebrick · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4EBBC6

Analogous#C64E7F, #C6954E

Triadic#4EC659, #594EC6

Split complementary#4EC695, #4E7FC6

Tetradic#7FC64E, #4EBBC6, #954EC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8EAE8

Lighter +30%#EBC6C2

Lighter +20%#DFA19B

Lighter +10%#D27D75

Darker −10%#AA4137

Darker −20%#84332A

Darker −30%#5D241E

Darker −40%#361512

More saturated +25%#E34131

Less saturated −25%#A9716B

Channel breakdown

R198

G89

B78

Red198 (77.6%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue5.5°

Saturation (HSL)51.28%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 59 · B 4E

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Colour values

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