Recognised as Colour

#561C18

#561C18
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#561C18 is a red with RGB values 86, 28, 24 and HSL 4°, 56%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#561C18

RGBrgb(86, 28, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1098, 0.0941

RGB percentages33.7%, 11%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(3.9, 56.4%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.9, 72.1%, 33.7%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 72.1%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,643,288

CSS custom property--colour: #561C18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.33:1

Contrast with white13.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#A9E3E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B2717no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A3416no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Tritanopia#5F0F1Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 30 Maroon · ΔE 30.7 Sienna · ΔE 30.8 Brown · ΔE 32.3 Dark red · ΔE 35.5 Black · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 30, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#185256

Analogous#561833, #563B18

Triadic#18561C, #1C1856

Split complementary#18563B, #183356

Tetradic#335618, #185256, #3B1856

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D46D66

Lighter +30%#C9473E

Lighter +20%#A6362E

Lighter +10%#7E2923

Darker −10%#2E0F0D

Darker −20%#060202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#64100A

Less saturated −25%#482826

Channel breakdown

R86

G28

B24

Red86 (33.7%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue3.87°

Saturation (HSL)56.36%

Lightness21.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 56 · G 1C · B 18

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