Recognised as Colour

#6B0014

#6B0014
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6B0014 is a red with RGB values 107, 0, 20 and HSL 349°, 100%, 21%. 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#6B0014

RGBrgb(107, 0, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0, 0.0784

RGB percentages42%, 0%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(348.8, 100%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 100%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 81.3%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,012,372

CSS custom property--colour: #6B0014;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.84:1

Contrast with white12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#94FFEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#282414no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#413910no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Tritanopia#770009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 17.4 Brown · ΔE 20 Dark red · ΔE 22 Firebrick · ΔE 27.4 Sienna · ΔE 29.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 17.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#006B57

Analogous#6B0049, #6B2200

Triadic#146B00, #00146B

Split complementary#006B22, #00496B

Tetradic#4A6B00, #006B57, #22006B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF385D

Lighter +30%#FF0534

Lighter +20%#D10027

Lighter +10%#9E001E

Darker −10%#38000A

Darker −20%#050001

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B0014

Less saturated −25%#5E0D1C

Channel breakdown

R107

B20

Red107 (42%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue348.79°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 00 · B 14

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