Palettes / Colors / #692012

#692012 — Deep Red

#692012 is a red color we call Deep Red, closest to the named color Maroon (#800000). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: maroon (#800000) — not an exact match. CSS maroon gives you #800000, a different color; use #692012 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#692012 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #125A69; it also sits naturally between #69122F and #694C12. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 41% · Green 13% · Blue 7%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 70% · Yellow 83% · Key 59%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #692012

.text { color: #692012; }
.background { background-color: #692012; }
.border { border: 3px solid #692012; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(105, 32, 18); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 71%, 24%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #692012; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(105, 32, 18, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #692012; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(105, 32, 18, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#692012">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#692012">Div content here</div>

Shades of #692012

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Tones of #692012

Color harmonies

Complementary — #125A69:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #692012: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #692012

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #692012 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #692012 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #692011  ·  #692013 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #692012?

#692012 is Deep Red, a red color (RGB 105, 32, 18). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #692012?

#692012 is RGB 105, 32, 18 — HSL 10°, 71%, 24% — CMYK 0%, 70%, 83%, 59%.

What colors go with #692012?

Its complement is #125A69; analogous partners are #69122F and #694C12. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #692012 for text?

White text on #692012 has a contrast ratio of 11.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.82:1.