Recognised as Colour

#970B06

#970B06
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#970B06 is a red with RGB values 151, 11, 6 and HSL 2°, 92%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#970B06#970B06

HEX#970B06

RGBrgb(151, 11, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0431, 0.0235

RGB percentages59.2%, 4.3%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(2.1, 92.4%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.1, 96%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 92.7%, 96%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,898,758

CSS custom property--colour: #970B06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#68F4F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3702no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#605400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A7000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 3.9 Maroon · ΔE 8.7 Firebrick · ΔE 9.7 Brown · ΔE 13.8 Crimson · ΔE 25.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 3.94, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#069297

Analogous#97064A, #975406

Triadic#06970B, #0B0697

Split complementary#069754, #064997

Tetradic#499706, #069297, #530697

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F97470

Lighter +30%#F7453F

Lighter +20%#F5160E

Lighter +10%#C80F08

Darker −10%#660704

Darker −20%#350402

Darker −30%#040000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D0500

Less saturated −25%#831D1A

Channel breakdown

R151

G11

Red151 (59.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue2.07°

Saturation (HSL)92.36%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 0B · B 06

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