Recognised as Colour

#53171C

#53171C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#53171C is a red with RGB values 83, 23, 28 and HSL 355°, 57%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#53171C#53171C

HEX#53171C

RGBrgb(83, 23, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0902, 0.1098

RGB percentages32.5%, 9%, 11%

HSLhsl(355, 56.6%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355, 72.3%, 32.5%)

CMYK0%, 72.3%, 66.3%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,445,404

CSS custom property--colour: #53171C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.93:1

Contrast with white13.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#ACE8E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26241Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Deuteranopia#36311Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#5C0A19no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 33.4 Brown · ΔE 34.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.7 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Black · ΔE 35.7 Dark red · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17534E

Analogous#53173A, #533017

Triadic#1C5317, #171C53

Split complementary#175330, #173A53

Tetradic#3A5317, #17534E, #301753

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4626C

Lighter +30%#C93A46

Lighter +20%#A32D37

Lighter +10%#7B2229

Darker −10%#2B0C0F

Darker −20%#030101

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#600A11

Less saturated −25%#462427

Channel breakdown

R83

G23

B28

Red83 (32.5%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue355°

Saturation (HSL)56.6%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 53 · G 17 · B 1C

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