#6D1607
A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Maroon.
About #6D1607
Visually, #6D1607 is defined as a vivid red. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Maroon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 109, 22, and 7.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 80% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 8.8° hue, 87.9% saturation, and 22.7% lightness.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#6D1607
RGB109, 22, 7
HSL8.8°, 87.9%, 22.7%
CMYK0%, 80%, 94%, 57%
HSV8.8°, 93.6%, 42.7%
LAB23.1, 37.2, 31.4
XYZ6.6, 3.8, 0.6
Decimal7149063
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
11.88:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.77:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
11.35:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.50:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #6D1607;
}
.text-color {
color: #6D1607;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #6D1607;
}