Recognised as Colour

#6D0A17

#6D0A17
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6D0A17 is a red with RGB values 109, 10, 23 and HSL 352°, 83%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#6D0A17

RGBrgb(109, 10, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.0392, 0.0902

RGB percentages42.7%, 3.9%, 9%

HSLhsl(352.1, 83.2%, 23.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 90.8%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 90.8%, 78.9%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,146,007

CSS custom property--colour: #6D0A17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness60.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.31:1

Contrast with white12.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#92F5E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2716no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#433C13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#790011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 18 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Dark red · ΔE 22.7 Firebrick · ΔE 27.6 Sienna · ΔE 28.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 18.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A6D60

Analogous#6D0A49, #6D2F0A

Triadic#176D0A, #0A176D

Split complementary#0A6D2F, #0A486D

Tetradic#486D0A, #0A6D60, #2E0A6D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF5468

Lighter +30%#EB253F

Lighter +20%#CA132B

Lighter +10%#9C0E21

Darker −10%#3E060D

Darker −20%#100103

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#770010

Less saturated −25%#5E1922

Channel breakdown

R109

G10

B23

Red109 (42.7%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue352.12°

Saturation (HSL)83.19%

Lightness23.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 0A · B 17

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