Recognised as Colour

#690C0A

#690C0A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#690C0A is a red with RGB values 105, 12, 10 and HSL 1°, 83%, 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

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HEX#690C0A

RGBrgb(105, 12, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0471, 0.0392

RGB percentages41.2%, 4.7%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(1.3, 82.6%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.3, 90.5%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 88.6%, 90.5%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,884,362

CSS custom property--colour: #690C0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.67:1

Contrast with white12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#96F3F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2608no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#423A05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#75000Dno 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 text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 14.3 Dark red · ΔE 19.3 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.4 Sienna · ΔE 25.8 Firebrick · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A6769

Analogous#690A37, #693B0A

Triadic#0A690C, #0C0A69

Split complementary#0A693C, #0A3769

Tetradic#38690A, #0A6769, #3C0A69

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EE5451

Lighter +30%#EA2622

Lighter +20%#C61713

Lighter +10%#98110E

Darker −10%#3A0706

Darker −20%#0C0101

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#730200

Less saturated −25%#5B1A18

Channel breakdown

R105

G12

B10

Red105 (41.2%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue1.26°

Saturation (HSL)82.61%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 0C · B 0A

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Colour values

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