Recognised as Colour

#6A0A00

#6A0A00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6A0A00 is a red with RGB values 106, 10, 0 and HSL 6°, 100%, 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

#6A0A00#6A0A00

HEX#6A0A00

RGBrgb(106, 10, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.0392, 0

RGB percentages41.6%, 3.9%, 0%

HSLhsl(5.7, 100%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.7, 100%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 90.6%, 100%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,949,376

CSS custom property--colour: #6A0A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.68:1

Contrast with white12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#95F5FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Deuteranopia#433A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Tritanopia#760009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 11.3 Dark red · ΔE 16.3 Brown · ΔE 19.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.8 Firebrick · ΔE 24.9 Sienna · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00606A

Analogous#6A002B, #6A3F00

Triadic#006A0A, #0A006A

Split complementary#006A3F, #002B6A

Tetradic#2B6A00, #00606A, #3F006A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4A37

Lighter +30%#FF1C04

Lighter +20%#D01400

Lighter +10%#9D0F00

Darker −10%#370500

Darker −20%#040000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A0A00

Less saturated −25%#5D150D

Channel breakdown

R106

G10

Red106 (41.6%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue5.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 0A · B 00

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