Recognised as Colour

#690D01

#690D01
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#690D01 is a red with RGB values 105, 13, 1 and HSL 7°, 98%, 21%. 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#690D01

RGBrgb(105, 13, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.051, 0.0039

RGB percentages41.2%, 5.1%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(6.9, 98.1%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.9, 99%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 87.6%, 99%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,884,609

CSS custom property--colour: #690D01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03293WCAG 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 12.66:1

Contrast with white12.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#96F2FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#423A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Tritanopia#75000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 12.3 Dark red · ΔE 17.3 Brown · ΔE 19.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.4 Sienna · ΔE 24.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 12.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#015D69

Analogous#690129, #694101

Triadic#01690D, #0D0169

Split complementary#016941, #012969

Tetradic#296901, #015D69, #410169

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD5039

Lighter +30%#FD2306

Lighter +20%#CE1A02

Lighter +10%#9C1301

Darker −10%#360701

Darker −20%#040000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A0C00

Less saturated −25%#5C170E

Channel breakdown

R105

G13

Red105 (41.2%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue6.92°

Saturation (HSL)98.11%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 0D · B 01

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