Information about #6A1B21 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated earthy red, #6A1B21 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Livewire (#6D1C27). Slightly further away sit Pohutukawa (#651C26) and Persian Plum (#701C1C).
The recipe behind #6A1B21 is rgb(106, 27, 33), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 11.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6A1B21 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#6A1B21 color variations
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#6A1B21 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#6A1B21 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#6A1B21 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#6A1B21 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#6A1B21 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #6A1B21 color
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Nearest named colors to #6A1B21
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#6D1C27
#651C26
#701C1C
#6B2320
#621D1D
#701C28
#672422
#701F28
#681B2B
#65192A
#6E2620
#641226
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#6A1B21
- RGB106, 27, 33
- CMYK0, 31, 29, 58
- CSSrgb(106, 27, 33)
- HSL355°, 59%, 26%
- HSL Precise355.443°, 59.398%, 26.078%
- HSV355°, 75%, 42%
- HSB355°, 75%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.416
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.106
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
- GLSLvec3(0.416, 0.106, 0.129)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.416, 0.106, 0.129, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.416, 0.106, 0.129)
- Percentage of Red in RGB41.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB10.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID6A1B21
- DECIMAL ID6953761
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
