Recognised as Colour

#6B040A

#6B040A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6B040A is a red with RGB values 107, 4, 10 and HSL 357°, 93%, 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

#6B040A#6B040A

HEX#6B040A

RGBrgb(107, 4, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.0157, 0.0392

RGB percentages42%, 1.6%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(356.5, 92.8%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 96.3%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 96.3%, 90.7%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,013,386

CSS custom property--colour: #6B040A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness58.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.75:1

Contrast with white12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#94FBF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A2508no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#423A04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Tritanopia#770008no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 13 Dark red · ΔE 18 Brown · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 26 Sienna · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#046B65

Analogous#6B043E, #6B3204

Triadic#0A6B04, #040A6B

Split complementary#046B32, #043E6B

Tetradic#3D6B04, #046B65, #31046B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8434E

Lighter +30%#F6121F

Lighter +20%#CD0813

Lighter +10%#9C060F

Darker −10%#3A0205

Darker −20%#090001

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6F0006

Less saturated −25%#5D1216

Channel breakdown

R107

B10

Red107 (42%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue356.5°

Saturation (HSL)92.79%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 04 · B 0A

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Colour values

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