Recognised as Colour

#6F022F

#6F022F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6F022F is a red with RGB values 111, 2, 47 and HSL 335°, 96%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6F022F#6F022F

HEX#6F022F

RGBrgb(111, 2, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.0078, 0.1843

RGB percentages43.5%, 0.8%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(335.2, 96.5%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.2, 98.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 98.2%, 57.7%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,275,055

CSS custom property--colour: #6F022F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness62.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#90FDD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262830no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#413D2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7A0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.5 Maroon · ΔE 32.7 Indian red · ΔE 35.1 Dark red · ΔE 36.5 Firebrick · ΔE 37.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#026F42

Analogous#6F0265, #6F0C02

Triadic#2F6F02, #022F6F

Split complementary#026F0C, #02656F

Tetradic#656F02, #026F42, #0C026F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC418E

Lighter +30%#FB0F70

Lighter +20%#D30459

Lighter +10%#A10344

Darker −10%#3D011A

Darker −20%#0B0005

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#71002F

Less saturated −25%#611031

Channel breakdown

R111

B47

Red111 (43.5%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue335.23°

Saturation (HSL)96.46%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 02 · B 2F

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