Recognised as Colour

#690A23

#690A23
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#690A23 is a red with RGB values 105, 10, 35 and HSL 344°, 83%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#690A23

RGBrgb(105, 10, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0392, 0.1373

RGB percentages41.2%, 3.9%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(344.2, 82.6%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.2, 90.5%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 90.5%, 66.7%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,883,875

CSS custom property--colour: #690A23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.59:1

Contrast with white12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#96F5DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#282723no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#403A20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#740016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.9 Maroon · ΔE 26.9 Dark red · ΔE 31.3 Indian red · ΔE 33.7 Sienna · ΔE 34.2 Firebrick · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A6950

Analogous#690A52, #69210A

Triadic#23690A, #0A2369

Split complementary#0A6921, #0A5269

Tetradic#52690A, #0A6950, #210A69

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EE517A

Lighter +30%#EA2257

Lighter +20%#C61342

Lighter +10%#980E33

Darker −10%#3A0613

Darker −20%#0C0104

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#73001E

Less saturated −25%#5B182A

Channel breakdown

R105

G10

B35

Red105 (41.2%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue344.21°

Saturation (HSL)82.61%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 0A · B 23

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