Recognised as Colour

#6B0205

#6B0205
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6B0205 is a red with RGB values 107, 2, 5 and HSL 358°, 96%, 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#6B0205

RGBrgb(107, 2, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0078, 0.0196

RGB percentages42%, 0.8%, 2%

HSLhsl(358.3, 96.3%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.3, 98.1%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 98.1%, 95.3%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,012,869

CSS custom property--colour: #6B0205;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.6 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#191919

Inverted#94FDFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A2403no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#423A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Tritanopia#770005no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 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 11.5 Dark red · ΔE 16.6 Brown · ΔE 18.5 Firebrick · ΔE 24.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.5 Sienna · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 11.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#026B68

Analogous#6B023A, #6B3302

Triadic#056B02, #02056B

Split complementary#026B33, #023A6B

Tetradic#3A6B02, #026B68, #33026B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB3E43

Lighter +30%#FA0C12

Lighter +20%#CF040A

Lighter +10%#9D0307

Darker −10%#390103

Darker −20%#070000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D0003

Less saturated −25%#5D1012

Channel breakdown

R107

Red107 (42%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue358.29°

Saturation (HSL)96.33%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 02 · B 05

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