Colour

#40060E

#40060E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#40060E is a red with RGB values 64, 6, 14 and HSL 352°, 83%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#40060E#40060E

HEX#40060E

RGBrgb(64, 6, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.0235, 0.0549

RGB percentages25.1%, 2.4%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(351.7, 82.9%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 90.6%, 25.1%)

CMYK0%, 90.6%, 78.1%, 74.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,195,854

CSS custom property--colour: #40060E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.79:1

Contrast with white16.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#BFF9F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#17150Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#26220Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#470009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 31.8 Maroon · ΔE 36.8 Brown · ΔE 39.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 39.9 Sienna · ΔE 41 Dark red · ΔE 41.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 31.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#064038

Analogous#40062B, #401B06

Triadic#0E4006, #060E40

Split complementary#06401B, #062B40

Tetradic#2B4006, #064038, #1B0640

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB2742

Lighter +30%#CC132D

Lighter +20%#9D0F22

Lighter +10%#6F0A18

Darker −10%#110204

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#46000A

Less saturated −25%#370F14

Channel breakdown

R64

B14

Red64 (25.1%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue351.72°

Saturation (HSL)82.86%

Lightness13.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 40 · G 06 · B 0E

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