Colour

#6E1817

#6E1817
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6E1817 is a red with RGB values 110, 24, 23 and HSL 1°, 65%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#6E1817

RGBrgb(110, 24, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.0941, 0.0902

RGB percentages43.1%, 9.4%, 9%

HSLhsl(0.7, 65.4%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.7, 79.1%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 78.2%, 79.1%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,215,127

CSS custom property--colour: #6E1817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.63:1

Contrast with white11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#91E7E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322D16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#473F14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7A0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 18 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Dark red · ΔE 22.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.5 Sienna · ΔE 24.6 Firebrick · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 17.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#176D6E

Analogous#6E1742, #6E4317

Triadic#176E18, #18176E

Split complementary#176E43, #17426E

Tetradic#426E17, #176D6E, #43176E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E17170

Lighter +30%#D84746

Lighter +20%#C22A29

Lighter +10%#982120

Darker −10%#440F0E

Darker −20%#1A0605

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F0806

Less saturated −25%#5D2828

Channel breakdown

R110

G24

B23

Red110 (43.1%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue0.69°

Saturation (HSL)65.41%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 18 · B 17

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