Colour

#56221E

#56221E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#56221E is a red with RGB values 86, 34, 30 and HSL 4°, 48%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#56221E

RGBrgb(86, 34, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.3373, 0.1333, 0.1176

RGB percentages33.7%, 13.3%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(4.3, 48.3%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.3, 65.1%, 33.7%)

CMYK0%, 60.5%, 65.1%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,644,830

CSS custom property--colour: #56221E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.78:1

Contrast with white12.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#A9DDE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2B1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C361Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Tritanopia#5F1921no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 31.3 Sienna · ΔE 31.6 Maroon · ΔE 34.1 Brown · ΔE 34.7 Black · ΔE 34.8 Dim grey · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 31.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E5256

Analogous#561E36, #563E1E

Triadic#1E5622, #221E56

Split complementary#1E563E, #1E3656

Tetradic#36561E, #1E5256, #3E1E56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CE7972

Lighter +30%#C1554C

Lighter +20%#A24038

Lighter +10%#7C312B

Darker −10%#301311

Darker −20%#0A0404

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#651610

Less saturated −25%#482E2D

Channel breakdown

R86

G34

B30

Red86 (33.7%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue4.29°

Saturation (HSL)48.28%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 56 · G 22 · B 1E

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