Recognised as Colour

#6C120F

#6C120F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6C120F is a red with RGB values 108, 18, 15 and HSL 2°, 76%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#6C120F#6C120F

HEX#6C120F

RGBrgb(108, 18, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0706, 0.0588

RGB percentages42.4%, 7.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(1.9, 75.6%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.9, 86.1%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 86.1%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,082,511

CSS custom property--colour: #6C120F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.13:1

Contrast with white12.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#93EDF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F290Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#453D0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#780013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 14.9 Brown · ΔE 19.1 Dark red · ΔE 19.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 24.7 Firebrick · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F696C

Analogous#6C0F3B, #6C410F

Triadic#0F6C12, #120F6C

Split complementary#0F6C41, #0F3A6C

Tetradic#3B6C0F, #0F696C, #410F6C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9635E

Lighter +30%#E23732

Lighter +20%#C6211B

Lighter +10%#991915

Darker −10%#3F0B09

Darker −20%#120303

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7B0400

Less saturated −25%#5D201E

Channel breakdown

R108

G18

B15

Red108 (42.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue1.94°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness24.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 12 · B 0F

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