Recognised as Colour

#970D06

#970D06
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#970D06 is a red with RGB values 151, 13, 6 and HSL 3°, 92%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#970D06#970D06

HEX#970D06

RGBrgb(151, 13, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.051, 0.0235

RGB percentages59.2%, 5.1%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(2.9, 92.4%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.9, 96%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 91.4%, 96%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,899,270

CSS custom property--colour: #970D06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.84:1

Contrast with white8.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#68F2F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403702no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#605400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Tritanopia#A7000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 3.9 Maroon · ΔE 8.7 Firebrick · ΔE 9.8 Brown · ΔE 13.8 Crimson · ΔE 25.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.6

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#069097

Analogous#970648, #975506

Triadic#06970D, #0D0697

Split complementary#069755, #064897

Tetradic#489706, #069097, #550697

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F97670

Lighter +30%#F7483F

Lighter +20%#F5190E

Lighter +10%#C81108

Darker −10%#660904

Darker −20%#350502

Darker −30%#040000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D0800

Less saturated −25%#831F1A

Channel breakdown

R151

G13

Red151 (59.2%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue2.9°

Saturation (HSL)92.36%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 0D · B 06

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