Recognised as Colour

#500A2B

#500A2B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#500A2B is a red with RGB values 80, 10, 43 and HSL 332°, 78%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#500A2B#500A2B

HEX#500A2B

RGBrgb(80, 10, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0392, 0.1686

RGB percentages31.4%, 3.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(331.7, 77.8%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.7, 87.5%, 31.4%)

CMYK0%, 87.5%, 46.2%, 68.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,245,483

CSS custom property--colour: #500A2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.8:1

Contrast with white14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#AFF5D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A1F2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2C29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#570019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 37.5 Brown · ΔE 41.8 Maroon · ΔE 43.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 43.8 Dim grey · ΔE 44.2 Purple · ΔE 45.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 37.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A502F

Analogous#500A4E, #500C0A

Triadic#2B500A, #0A2B50

Split complementary#0A500C, #0A4E50

Tetradic#4E500A, #0A502F, #0C0A50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E73F8E

Lighter +30%#D81B74

Lighter +20%#AB155C

Lighter +10%#7D1043

Darker −10%#230413

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A002A

Less saturated −25%#45152C

Channel breakdown

R80

G10

B43

Red80 (31.4%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue331.71°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 50 · G 0A · B 2B

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