Colour

#53171E

#53171E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#53171E is a red with RGB values 83, 23, 30 and HSL 353°, 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

#53171E#53171E

HEX#53171E

RGBrgb(83, 23, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.0902, 0.1176

RGB percentages32.5%, 9%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(353, 56.6%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 72.3%, 32.5%)

CMYK0%, 72.3%, 63.9%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,445,406

CSS custom property--colour: #53171E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.92:1

Contrast with white13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#ACE8E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26241Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#35311Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Tritanopia#5B0A1Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 34.4 Brown · ΔE 34.9 Black · ΔE 35.4 Sienna · ΔE 35.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.9 Dark red · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 34.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17534C

Analogous#53173C, #532E17

Triadic#1E5317, #171E53

Split complementary#17532E, #173C53

Tetradic#3C5317, #17534C, #2E1753

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D46270

Lighter +30%#C93A4B

Lighter +20%#A32D3B

Lighter +10%#7B222C

Darker −10%#2B0C10

Darker −20%#030101

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#600A14

Less saturated −25%#462428

Channel breakdown

R83

G23

B30

Red83 (32.5%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue353°

Saturation (HSL)56.6%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 53 · G 17 · B 1E

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