Palettes / Colors / #6F2011

#6F2011 — Deep Red

#6F2011 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 #6F2011 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.

#6F2011 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 #115F6E; it also sits naturally between #6E1130 and #6E4F11. 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 44% · Green 13% · Blue 7%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 71% · Yellow 85% · Key 56%

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

Previews

CSS code for #6F2011

.text { color: #6F2011; }
.background { background-color: #6F2011; }
.border { border: 3px solid #6F2011; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(111, 32, 17); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 73%, 25%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #6F2011; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(111, 32, 17, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #6F2011; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(111, 32, 17, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#6F2011">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#6F2011">Div content here</div>

Shades of #6F2011

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Tones of #6F2011

Color harmonies

Complementary — #115F6E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #6F2011: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #6F2011

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 #6F2011 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 #6F2011 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #6F2011?

#6F2011 is Deep Red, a red color (RGB 111, 32, 17). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #6F2011?

#6F2011 is RGB 111, 32, 17 — HSL 10°, 73%, 25% — CMYK 0%, 71%, 85%, 56%.

What colors go with #6F2011?

Its complement is #115F6E; analogous partners are #6E1130 and #6E4F11. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #6F2011 for text?

White text on #6F2011 has a contrast ratio of 11.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.89:1.