Colour

#56152B

#56152B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#56152B is a red with RGB values 86, 21, 43 and HSL 340°, 61%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#56152B#56152B

HEX#56152B

RGBrgb(86, 21, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.0824, 0.1686

RGB percentages33.7%, 8.2%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(339.7, 60.7%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.7, 75.6%, 33.7%)

CMYK0%, 75.6%, 50%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,641,515

CSS custom property--colour: #56152B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.66:1

Contrast with white13.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#A9EAD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#23262Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#353229no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5E0B1Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 36.9 Brown · ΔE 38.2 Maroon · ΔE 39.7 Dim grey · ΔE 40.8 Sienna · ΔE 41.5 Indian red · ΔE 41.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 36.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#155640

Analogous#56154C, #561F15

Triadic#2B5615, #152B56

Split complementary#15561F, #154C56

Tetradic#4C5615, #155640, #1F1556

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D85F88

Lighter +30%#CE3669

Lighter +20%#A82954

Lighter +10%#7F1F3F

Darker −10%#2D0B17

Darker −20%#040102

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#630827

Less saturated −25%#49222F

Channel breakdown

R86

G21

B43

Red86 (33.7%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue339.69°

Saturation (HSL)60.75%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 56 · G 15 · B 2B

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