Recognised as Colour

#6C131A

#6C131A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6C131A is a red with RGB values 108, 19, 26 and HSL 355°, 70%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#6C131A

RGBrgb(108, 19, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0745, 0.102

RGB percentages42.4%, 7.5%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(355.3, 70.1%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.3, 82.4%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 82.4%, 75.9%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,082,778

CSS custom property--colour: #6C131A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.03:1

Contrast with white12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#93ECE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2A19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#443D17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#770017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 20.1 Brown · ΔE 21.1 Dark red · ΔE 24.8 Sienna · ΔE 27.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.9 Firebrick · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 20.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#136C65

Analogous#6C1346, #6C3813

Triadic#1A6C13, #131A6C

Split complementary#136C38, #13466C

Tetradic#476C13, #136C65, #39136C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E46771

Lighter +30%#DD3B48

Lighter +20%#C3222F

Lighter +10%#971B24

Darker −10%#410B10

Darker −20%#150405

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C030D

Less saturated −25%#5C2327

Channel breakdown

R108

G19

B26

Red108 (42.4%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue355.28°

Saturation (HSL)70.08%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 13 · B 1A

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