Recognised as Colour

#680C0F

#680C0F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#680C0F is a red with RGB values 104, 12, 15 and HSL 358°, 79%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#680C0F#680C0F

HEX#680C0F

RGBrgb(104, 12, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.0471, 0.0588

RGB percentages40.8%, 4.7%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(358, 79.3%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358, 88.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 88.5%, 85.6%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,818,831

CSS custom property--colour: #680C0F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0324WCAG 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 12.74:1

Contrast with white12.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#97F3F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B260Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#41390Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#73000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 16.4 Brown · ΔE 20.5 Dark red · ΔE 21.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 26 Sienna · ΔE 26.8 Firebrick · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C6865

Analogous#680C3D, #68370C

Triadic#0F680C, #0C0F68

Split complementary#0C6837, #0C3D68

Tetradic#3D680C, #0C6865, #370C68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB555A

Lighter +30%#E6272D

Lighter +20%#C3171C

Lighter +10%#961116

Darker −10%#3A0708

Darker −20%#0D0102

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#740004

Less saturated −25%#5A1A1D

Channel breakdown

R104

G12

B15

Red104 (40.8%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue358.04°

Saturation (HSL)79.31%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 0C · B 0F

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