Recognised as Colour

#36161E

#36161E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#36161E is a red with RGB values 54, 22, 30 and HSL 345°, 42%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#36161E#36161E

HEX#36161E

RGBrgb(54, 22, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.2118, 0.0863, 0.1176

RGB percentages21.2%, 8.6%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(345, 42.1%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345, 59.3%, 21.2%)

CMYK0%, 59.3%, 44.4%, 78.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,544,606

CSS custom property--colour: #36161E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness35.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.27:1

Contrast with white16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#C9E9E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C1C1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Deuteranopia#24221Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#3B1319no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.9 Dim grey · ΔE 36.4 Gray · ΔE 44.7 Slate grey · ΔE 46.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 47.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16362E

Analogous#36162E, #361E16

Triadic#1E3616, #161E36

Split complementary#16361E, #162E36

Tetradic#2E3616, #16362E, #1E1636

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BC5C74

Lighter +30%#A3425A

Lighter +20%#7E3446

Lighter +10%#5A2532

Darker −10%#12070A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#400D19

Less saturated −25%#2D2023

Channel breakdown

R54

G22

B30

Red54 (21.2%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue345°

Saturation (HSL)42.11%

Lightness14.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 36 · G 16 · B 1E

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