Recognised as Colour

#540B19

#540B19
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#540B19 is a red with RGB values 84, 11, 25 and HSL 348°, 77%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#540B19

RGBrgb(84, 11, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.0431, 0.098

RGB percentages32.9%, 4.3%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(348.5, 76.8%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.5, 86.9%, 32.9%)

CMYK0%, 86.9%, 70.2%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,507,865

CSS custom property--colour: #540B19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#ABF4E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#211F19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#332E17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Tritanopia#5D0011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.1 Brown · ΔE 32.4 Dark red · ΔE 35.9 Sienna · ΔE 36.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.2 Black · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B5446

Analogous#540B3D, #54210B

Triadic#19540B, #0B1954

Split complementary#0B5421, #0B3E54

Tetradic#3E540B, #0B5446, #220B54

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E74464

Lighter +30%#DB1D41

Lighter +20%#AE1734

Lighter +10%#811126

Darker −10%#27050C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5F0012

Less saturated −25%#481720

Channel breakdown

R84

G11

B25

Red84 (32.9%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue348.49°

Saturation (HSL)76.84%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0B · B 19

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Colour values

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