Colour

#6F0519

#6F0519
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#6F0519 is a red with RGB values 111, 5, 25 and HSL 349°, 91%, 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#6F0519

RGBrgb(111, 5, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.0196, 0.098

RGB percentages43.5%, 2%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(348.7, 91.4%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.7, 95.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 95.5%, 77.5%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,275,801

CSS custom property--colour: #6F0519;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.27:1

Contrast with white12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#90FAE6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B2719no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#443D15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7B000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 18.4 Brown · ΔE 19.5 Dark red · ΔE 22.9 Firebrick · ΔE 27.3 Sienna · ΔE 29.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 18.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#056F5B

Analogous#6F054E, #6F2605

Triadic#196F05, #05196F

Split complementary#056F26, #054E6F

Tetradic#4E6F05, #056F5B, #26056F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7496A

Lighter +30%#F51842

Lighter +20%#D1092F

Lighter +10%#A00724

Darker −10%#3E030E

Darker −20%#0D0103

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#740016

Less saturated −25%#611322

Channel breakdown

R111

B25

Red111 (43.5%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue348.68°

Saturation (HSL)91.38%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 05 · B 19

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