Recognised as Colour

#6C0009

#6C0009
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6C0009 is a red with RGB values 108, 0, 9 and HSL 355°, 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#6C0009

RGBrgb(108, 0, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0, 0.0353

RGB percentages42.4%, 0%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(355, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 91.7%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,077,897

CSS custom property--colour: #6C0009;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.79:1

Contrast with white12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#93FFF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#292408no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#423A03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Tritanopia#780005no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 12.2 Dark red · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 18.2 Firebrick · ΔE 24.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.6 Sienna · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#006C63

Analogous#6C003F, #6C2D00

Triadic#096C00, #00096C

Split complementary#006C2D, #003F6C

Tetradic#3F6C00, #006C63, #2D006C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF3949

Lighter +30%#FF061B

Lighter +20%#D20011

Lighter +10%#9F000D

Darker −10%#390005

Darker −20%#060000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C0009

Less saturated −25%#5F0E14

Channel breakdown

R108

Red108 (42.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue355°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 00 · B 09

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