Recognised as Colour

#6E1106

#6E1106
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6E1106 is a red with RGB values 110, 17, 6 and HSL 6°, 90%, 23%. 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#6E1106

RGBrgb(110, 17, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0667, 0.0235

RGB percentages43.1%, 6.7%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(6.3, 89.7%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.3, 94.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 94.5%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,213,318

CSS custom property--colour: #6E1106;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.6 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#242424

Inverted#91EEF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302903no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#463E01no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7A0010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 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 11.4 Dark red · ΔE 16.3 Brown · ΔE 18.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6 Sienna · ΔE 23.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06636E

Analogous#6E062F, #6E4506

Triadic#066E11, #11066E

Split complementary#066E45, #062F6E

Tetradic#2F6E06, #06636E, #45066E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F55D4B

Lighter +30%#F3311A

Lighter +20%#CF200B

Lighter +10%#9E1809

Darker −10%#3E0A03

Darker −20%#0D0201

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#740C00

Less saturated −25%#5F1C15

Channel breakdown

R110

G17

Red110 (43.1%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue6.35°

Saturation (HSL)89.66%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 11 · B 06

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