Recognised as Colour

#500C15

#500C15
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#500C15 is a red with RGB values 80, 12, 21 and HSL 352°, 74%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#500C15#500C15

HEX#500C15

RGBrgb(80, 12, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.0471, 0.0824

RGB percentages31.4%, 4.7%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(352.1, 73.9%, 18%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 85%, 31.4%)

CMYK0%, 85%, 73.7%, 68.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,245,973

CSS custom property--colour: #500C15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.95:1

Contrast with white14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#AFF3EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#201E15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#312C13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Tritanopia#590010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.1 Brown · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.2 Sienna · ΔE 35.7 Dark red · ΔE 36 Black · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C5047

Analogous#500C37, #50250C

Triadic#15500C, #0C1550

Split complementary#0C5025, #0C3750

Tetradic#37500C, #0C5047, #250C50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3455A

Lighter +30%#D52038

Lighter +20%#A9192C

Lighter +10%#7C1321

Darker −10%#240509

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5C000D

Less saturated −25%#45181D

Channel breakdown

R80

G12

B21

Red80 (31.4%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue352.06°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness18.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 50 · G 0C · B 15

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Colour values

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