Recognised as Colour

#52291E

#52291E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#52291E is a red with RGB values 82, 41, 30 and HSL 13°, 46%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#52291E

RGBrgb(82, 41, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.1608, 0.1176

RGB percentages32.2%, 16.1%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(12.7, 46.4%, 22%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.7, 63.4%, 32.2%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 63.4%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,384,478

CSS custom property--colour: #52291E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.39:1

Contrast with white12.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#ADD6E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#332F1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D381Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5A2226no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 31 Sienna · ΔE 31.8 Black · ΔE 32.3 Dim grey · ΔE 32.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.6 Maroon · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 30.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E4752

Analogous#521E2D, #52431E

Triadic#1E5229, #291E52

Split complementary#1E5243, #1E2D52

Tetradic#2D521E, #1E4752, #431E52

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CB8471

Lighter +30%#BD644C

Lighter +20%#9D4E39

Lighter +10%#773C2C

Darker −10%#2D1610

Darker −20%#070403

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#602110

Less saturated −25%#44312C

Channel breakdown

R82

G41

B30

Red82 (32.2%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue12.69°

Saturation (HSL)46.43%

Lightness21.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 52 · G 29 · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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