Recognised as Colour

#520B12

#520B12
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#520B12 is a red with RGB values 82, 11, 18 and HSL 354°, 76%, 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 Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#520B12

RGBrgb(82, 11, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.0431, 0.0706

RGB percentages32.2%, 4.3%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(354.1, 76.3%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.1, 86.6%, 32.2%)

CMYK0%, 86.6%, 78%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,376,786

CSS custom property--colour: #520B12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.84:1

Contrast with white14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#ADF4ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#211E12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#322D10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#5B000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.6 Brown · ΔE 31.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.3 Dark red · ΔE 33.6 Sienna · ΔE 34.1 Black · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B524B

Analogous#520B35, #52270B

Triadic#12520B, #0B1252

Split complementary#0B5227, #0B3552

Tetradic#36520B, #0B524B, #280B52

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E64353

Lighter +30%#D91D30

Lighter +20%#AC1726

Lighter +10%#7F111C

Darker −10%#250508

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D0009

Less saturated −25%#46171B

Channel breakdown

R82

G11

B18

Red82 (32.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue354.08°

Saturation (HSL)76.34%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 52 · G 0B · B 12

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