Recognised as Colour

#6C151D

#6C151D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6C151D is a red with RGB values 108, 21, 29 and HSL 354°, 67%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#6C151D

RGBrgb(108, 21, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.0824, 0.1137

RGB percentages42.4%, 8.2%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(354.5, 67.4%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.5, 80.6%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 80.6%, 73.1%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,083,293

CSS custom property--colour: #6C151D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.91:1

Contrast with white11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#93EAE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2B1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#453E1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Tritanopia#770019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 21.8 Brown · ΔE 22 Dark red · ΔE 26.4 Sienna · ΔE 28 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.8 Firebrick · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 21.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156C64

Analogous#6C1549, #6C3815

Triadic#1D6C15, #151D6C

Split complementary#156C39, #15496C

Tetradic#496C15, #156C64, #39156C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E26B76

Lighter +30%#DA404E

Lighter +20%#C12634

Lighter +10%#971D28

Darker −10%#410D12

Darker −20%#170406

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C0510

Less saturated −25%#5C252A

Channel breakdown

R108

G21

B29

Red108 (42.4%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue354.48°

Saturation (HSL)67.44%

Lightness25.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 15 · B 1D

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