Recognised as Colour

#68001F

#68001F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#68001F is a red with RGB values 104, 0, 31 and HSL 342°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#68001F#68001F

HEX#68001F

RGBrgb(104, 0, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0, 0.1216

RGB percentages40.8%, 0%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(342.1, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.1, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.2%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,815,775

CSS custom property--colour: #68001F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.06:1

Contrast with white13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#97FFE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#25231Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#3E381Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Tritanopia#73000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.2 Maroon · ΔE 25.5 Dark red · ΔE 29.9 Firebrick · ΔE 33.3 Indian red · ΔE 34.3 Sienna · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#006849

Analogous#680053, #681500

Triadic#1F6800, #001F68

Split complementary#006815, #005368

Tetradic#536800, #006849, #150068

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF3571

Lighter +30%#FF024D

Lighter +20%#CE003D

Lighter +10%#9B002E

Darker −10%#350010

Darker −20%#020001

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#68001F

Less saturated −25%#5B0D24

Channel breakdown

R104

B31

Red104 (40.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue342.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 00 · B 1F

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