Recognised as Colour

#6F1929

#6F1929
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#6F1929 is a red with RGB values 111, 25, 41 and HSL 349°, 63%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#6F1929#6F1929

HEX#6F1929

RGBrgb(111, 25, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.098, 0.1608

RGB percentages43.5%, 9.8%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(348.8, 63.2%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 77.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 77.5%, 63.1%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,280,937

CSS custom property--colour: #6F1929;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.37:1

Contrast with white11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#90E6D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302F29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#464127no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#7A0020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.9 Maroon · ΔE 27.2 Indian red · ΔE 31.2 Sienna · ΔE 31.4 Dark red · ΔE 31.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#196F5F

Analogous#6F1954, #6F3419

Triadic#296F19, #19296F

Split complementary#196F34, #19546F

Tetradic#546F19, #196F5F, #34196F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E07488

Lighter +30%#D64B65

Lighter +20%#C22C48

Lighter +10%#992238

Darker −10%#45101A

Darker −20%#1C060A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#80081E

Less saturated −25%#5E2A34

Channel breakdown

R111

G25

B41

Red111 (43.5%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue348.84°

Saturation (HSL)63.24%

Lightness26.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 19 · B 29

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