Recognised as Colour

#69101C

#69101C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#69101C is a red with RGB values 105, 16, 28 and HSL 352°, 74%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#69101C#69101C

HEX#69101C

RGBrgb(105, 16, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.0627, 0.1098

RGB percentages41.2%, 6.3%, 11%

HSLhsl(351.9, 73.6%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.9, 84.8%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.8%, 73.3%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,885,404

CSS custom property--colour: #69101C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.41:1

Contrast with white12.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#96EFE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B281Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#423B19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Tritanopia#740016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 22.6 Brown · ΔE 23 Dark red · ΔE 27.2 Sienna · ΔE 29.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.4 Firebrick · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 22.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#10695D

Analogous#691049, #693110

Triadic#1C6910, #101C69

Split complementary#106931, #104869

Tetradic#486910, #10695D, #301069

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E75E71

Lighter +30%#E0324A

Lighter +20%#C21D34

Lighter +10%#951728

Darker −10%#3D0910

Darker −20%#100304

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#780111

Less saturated −25%#5A1F27

Channel breakdown

R105

G16

B28

Red105 (41.2%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue351.91°

Saturation (HSL)73.55%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 10 · B 1C

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