Recognised as Colour

#691B09

#691B09
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#691B09 is a red with RGB values 105, 27, 9 and HSL 11°, 84%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#691B09

RGBrgb(105, 27, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.1059, 0.0353

RGB percentages41.2%, 10.6%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(11.3, 84.2%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.3, 91.4%, 41.2%)

CMYK0%, 74.3%, 91.4%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,888,201

CSS custom property--colour: #691B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.92:1

Contrast with white11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#96E4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322C06no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#463D05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#740018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 16.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.5 Dark red · ΔE 21.1 Brown · ΔE 21.5 Sienna · ΔE 21.9 Firebrick · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 16.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#095769

Analogous#690927, #694B09

Triadic#09691B, #1B0969

Split complementary#09694B, #092769

Tetradic#276909, #095769, #4B0969

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F06C4E

Lighter +30%#EC461F

Lighter +20%#C73311

Lighter +10%#98270D

Darker −10%#3A0F05

Darker −20%#0B0301

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#721500

Less saturated −25%#5B2417

Channel breakdown

R105

G27

Red105 (41.2%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue11.25°

Saturation (HSL)84.21%

Lightness22.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 69 · G 1B · B 09

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