Colour

#61231C

#61231C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#61231C is a red with RGB values 97, 35, 28 and HSL 6°, 55%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#61231C

RGBrgb(97, 35, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.3804, 0.1373, 0.1098

RGB percentages38%, 13.7%, 11%

HSLhsl(6.1, 55.2%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.1, 71.1%, 38%)

CMYK0%, 63.9%, 71.1%, 62%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,365,980

CSS custom property--colour: #61231C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.89:1

Contrast with white11.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#9EDCE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#332F1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#433C1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Tritanopia#6B1622no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.2 Sienna · ΔE 26.6 Maroon · ΔE 27.9 Brown · ΔE 28.7 Dark red · ΔE 32.6 Indian red · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C5A61

Analogous#611C38, #61451C

Triadic#1C6123, #231C61

Split complementary#1C6146, #1C3861

Tetradic#38611C, #1C5A61, #451C61

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D67D73

Lighter +30%#CB584B

Lighter +20%#B04033

Lighter +10%#893127

Darker −10%#391511

Darker −20%#120605

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#71170C

Less saturated −25%#512F2C

Channel breakdown

R97

G35

B28

Red97 (38%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue6.09°

Saturation (HSL)55.2%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 61 · G 23 · B 1C

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