Recognised as Colour

#6E150A

#6E150A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6E150A is a red with RGB values 110, 21, 10 and HSL 7°, 83%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#6E150A

RGBrgb(110, 21, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0824, 0.0392

RGB percentages43.1%, 8.2%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(6.6, 83.3%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.6, 90.9%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 80.9%, 90.9%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,214,346

CSS custom property--colour: #6E150A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.83:1

Contrast with white11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#91EAF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312B07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#473E05no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7A0014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 12.9 Dark red · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 18.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.1 Sienna · ΔE 22.9 Firebrick · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A636E

Analogous#6E0A31, #6E470A

Triadic#0A6E15, #150A6E

Split complementary#0A6E47, #0A316E

Tetradic#316E0A, #0A636E, #470A6E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F06654

Lighter +30%#EB3B26

Lighter +20%#CC2712

Lighter +10%#9D1E0E

Darker −10%#3F0C06

Darker −20%#100301

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#780D00

Less saturated −25%#5F2119

Channel breakdown

R110

G21

B10

Red110 (43.1%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue6.6°

Saturation (HSL)83.33%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 15 · B 0A

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