Recognised as Colour

#540C1F

#540C1F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#540C1F is a red with RGB values 84, 12, 31 and HSL 344°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#540C1F#540C1F

HEX#540C1F

RGBrgb(84, 12, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.0471, 0.1216

RGB percentages32.9%, 4.7%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(344.2, 75%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.2, 85.7%, 32.9%)

CMYK0%, 85.7%, 63.1%, 67.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,508,127

CSS custom property--colour: #540C1F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.49:1

Contrast with white14.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#ABF3E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#20201Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#332F1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Tritanopia#5D0014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 34.3 Brown · ΔE 34.6 Black · ΔE 38.2 Sienna · ΔE 38.7 Dark red · ΔE 39.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 34.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C5441

Analogous#540C43, #541D0C

Triadic#1F540C, #0C1F54

Split complementary#0C541D, #0C4354

Tetradic#43540C, #0C5441, #1D0C54

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E54771

Lighter +30%#DA1F50

Lighter +20%#AD1940

Lighter +10%#81122F

Darker −10%#27060F

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#600019

Less saturated −25%#481825

Channel breakdown

R84

G12

B31

Red84 (32.9%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue344.17°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness18.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 54 · G 0C · B 1F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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