Recognised as Colour

#6F1521

#6F1521
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6F1521 is a red with RGB values 111, 21, 33 and HSL 352°, 68%, 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 Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#6F1521

RGBrgb(111, 21, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.0824, 0.1294

RGB percentages43.5%, 8.2%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(352, 68.2%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352, 81.1%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 81.1%, 70.3%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,279,905

CSS custom property--colour: #6F1521;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.8 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#292929

Inverted#90EADE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2C21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#463F1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7A001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 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

Brown · ΔE 21.9 Maroon · ΔE 22.7 Dark red · ΔE 27.2 Sienna · ΔE 29 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.3 Firebrick · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156F63

Analogous#6F154E, #6F3615

Triadic#216F15, #15216F

Split complementary#156F36, #154E6F

Tetradic#4E6F15, #156F63, #36156F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E36D7D

Lighter +30%#DB4256

Lighter +20%#C5253B

Lighter +10%#9A1D2E

Darker −10%#440D14

Darker −20%#190508

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#800515

Less saturated −25%#5F262D

Channel breakdown

R111

G21

B33

Red111 (43.5%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue352°

Saturation (HSL)68.18%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 15 · B 21

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