Recognised as Colour

#6A0505

#6A0505
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6A0505 is a red with RGB values 106, 5, 5 and HSL 0°, 91%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#6A0505

RGBrgb(106, 5, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0196, 0.0196

RGB percentages41.6%, 2%, 2%

HSLhsl(0, 91%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 95.3%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 95.3%, 95.3%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,948,101

CSS custom property--colour: #6A0505;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.83:1

Contrast with white12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#95FAFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A2403no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#423900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Tritanopia#760007no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 12.1 Dark red · ΔE 17.2 Brown · ΔE 19 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.9 Firebrick · ΔE 25.1 Sienna · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 12.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#056A6A

Analogous#6A0538, #6A3805

Triadic#056A05, #05056A

Split complementary#056A38, #05386A

Tetradic#386A05, #056A6A, #38056A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F64545

Lighter +30%#F41414

Lighter +20%#CB0A0A

Lighter +10%#9B0707

Darker −10%#390303

Darker −20%#090000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6F0000

Less saturated −25%#5C1313

Channel breakdown

R106

Red106 (41.6%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)90.99%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 05 · B 05

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