Recognised as Colour

#500D2B

#500D2B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#500D2B is a red with RGB values 80, 13, 43 and HSL 333°, 72%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#500D2B#500D2B

HEX#500D2B

RGBrgb(80, 13, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.051, 0.1686

RGB percentages31.4%, 5.1%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(333.1, 72%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(333.1, 83.8%, 31.4%)

CMYK0%, 83.7%, 46.2%, 68.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,246,251

CSS custom property--colour: #500D2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.65:1

Contrast with white14.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#AFF2D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C202Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2D29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#57031Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 36.7 Brown · ΔE 41.6 Maroon · ΔE 43 Dim grey · ΔE 43.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 44 Indian red · ΔE 45.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 36.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D5032

Analogous#500D4D, #50110D

Triadic#2B500D, #0D2B50

Split complementary#0D5010, #0D4D50

Tetradic#4D500D, #0D5032, #100D50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1488C

Lighter +30%#D42272

Lighter +20%#A81B5A

Lighter +10%#7C1443

Darker −10%#240613

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5C012A

Less saturated −25%#44192C

Channel breakdown

R80

G13

B43

Red80 (31.4%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue333.13°

Saturation (HSL)72.04%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 50 · G 0D · B 2B

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Colour values

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