Recognised as Colour

#6A0016

#6A0016
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6A0016 is a red with RGB values 106, 0, 22 and HSL 348°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#6A0016#6A0016

HEX#6A0016

RGBrgb(106, 0, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0, 0.0863

RGB percentages41.6%, 0%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(347.5, 100%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.5, 100%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 79.2%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,946,838

CSS custom property--colour: #6A0016;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.93:1

Contrast with white12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#95FFE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#272416no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#403912no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Tritanopia#76000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 19 Brown · ΔE 21 Dark red · ΔE 23.6 Firebrick · ΔE 28.6 Sienna · ΔE 30.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 19.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#006A54

Analogous#6A004B, #6A1F00

Triadic#166A00, #00166A

Split complementary#006A1F, #004B6A

Tetradic#4B6A00, #006A54, #1F006A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF3761

Lighter +30%#FF0438

Lighter +20%#D0002B

Lighter +10%#9D0021

Darker −10%#37000B

Darker −20%#040001

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A0016

Less saturated −25%#5D0D1E

Channel breakdown

R106

B22

Red106 (41.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue347.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 00 · B 16

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