Colour

#6D0000

#6D0000
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6D0000 is a red with RGB values 109, 0, 0 and HSL 0°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#6D0000#6D0000

HEX#6D0000

RGBrgb(109, 0, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0, 0

RGB percentages42.7%, 0%, 0%

HSLhsl(0, 100%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 100%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,143,424

CSS custom property--colour: #6D0000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.73:1

Contrast with white12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#92FFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A2400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#433A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#790002no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 9.2 Dark red · ΔE 14.2 Brown · ΔE 17.9 Firebrick · ΔE 23 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.9 Sienna · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#006D6D

Analogous#6D0037, #6D3700

Triadic#006D00, #00006D

Split complementary#006D37, #00376D

Tetradic#376D00, #006D6D, #37006D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF3A3A

Lighter +30%#FF0707

Lighter +20%#D30000

Lighter +10%#A00000

Darker −10%#3A0000

Darker −20%#070000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D0000

Less saturated −25%#5F0E0E

Channel breakdown

R109

Red109 (42.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 00 · B 00

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