Exploring the Color #6B3119

#6B3119 sits at 18° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 62% saturation and 26% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 107, 49, 25 produces a 10.10:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6B3119 is a clear variant of CSS maroon — about 59 units away from #800000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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