Recognised as Colour

#970F06

#970F06
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#970F06 is a red with RGB values 151, 15, 6 and HSL 4°, 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

#970F06#970F06

HEX#970F06

RGBrgb(151, 15, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0588, 0.0235

RGB percentages59.2%, 5.9%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(3.7, 92.4%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.7, 96%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 90.1%, 96%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,899,782

CSS custom property--colour: #970F06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.8:1

Contrast with white8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#68F0F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403802no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#605500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A70010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 4 Maroon · ΔE 8.7 Firebrick · ΔE 9.9 Brown · ΔE 13.7 Crimson · ΔE 26.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 3.97, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#068E97

Analogous#970646, #975706

Triadic#06970F, #0F0697

Split complementary#069757, #064697

Tetradic#469706, #068E97, #570697

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F97870

Lighter +30%#F74A3F

Lighter +20%#F51C0E

Lighter +10%#C81408

Darker −10%#660A04

Darker −20%#350502

Darker −30%#040000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D0A00

Less saturated −25%#83201A

Channel breakdown

R151

G15

Red151 (59.2%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue3.72°

Saturation (HSL)92.36%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 0F · B 06

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