Recognised as Colour

#680C1A

#680C1A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#680C1A is a red with RGB values 104, 12, 26 and HSL 351°, 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

#680C1A#680C1A

HEX#680C1A

RGBrgb(104, 12, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.0471, 0.102

RGB percentages40.8%, 4.7%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(350.9, 79.3%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.9, 88.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 88.5%, 75%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,818,842

CSS custom property--colour: #680C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.68:1

Contrast with white12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#97F3E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A261Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#403A17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Tritanopia#730013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 22 Brown · ΔE 22.9 Dark red · ΔE 26.6 Sienna · ΔE 30.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7 Firebrick · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 21.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C685A

Analogous#680C48, #682C0C

Triadic#1A680C, #0C1A68

Split complementary#0C682C, #0C4868

Tetradic#48680C, #0C685A, #2C0C68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB556C

Lighter +30%#E62744

Lighter +20%#C31731

Lighter +10%#961125

Darker −10%#3A070F

Darker −20%#0D0103

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#740012

Less saturated −25%#5A1A24

Channel breakdown

R104

G12

B26

Red104 (40.8%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue350.87°

Saturation (HSL)79.31%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 0C · B 1A

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Colour values

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