Colour

#68221F

#68221F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#68221F is a red with RGB values 104, 34, 31 and HSL 2°, 54%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#68221F#68221F

HEX#68221F

RGBrgb(104, 34, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.1333, 0.1216

RGB percentages40.8%, 13.3%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(2.5, 54.1%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.5, 70.2%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 67.3%, 70.2%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,824,479

CSS custom property--colour: #68221F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.43:1

Contrast with white11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#97DDE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35301Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#463F1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Tritanopia#731222no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 25.6 Brown · ΔE 25.6 Sienna · ΔE 25.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.2 Dark red · ΔE 30.2 Indian red · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 25.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F6568

Analogous#681F41, #68461F

Triadic#1F6822, #221F68

Split complementary#1F6847, #1F4068

Tetradic#41681F, #1F6568, #471F68

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D87F7B

Lighter +30%#CC5954

Lighter +20%#B73C36

Lighter +10%#8F2F2B

Darker −10%#411513

Darker −20%#190808

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#79130E

Less saturated −25%#573130

Channel breakdown

R104

G34

B31

Red104 (40.8%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue2.47°

Saturation (HSL)54.07%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 22 · B 1F

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