Recognised as Colour

#590C00

#590C00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#590C00 is a red with RGB values 89, 12, 0 and HSL 8°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#590C00#590C00

HEX#590C00

RGBrgb(89, 12, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.0471, 0

RGB percentages34.9%, 4.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(8.1, 100%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.1, 100%, 34.9%)

CMYK0%, 86.5%, 100%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,835,776

CSS custom property--colour: #590C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.21:1

Contrast with white14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#A6F3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#383100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#63000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 20.2 Dark red · ΔE 25.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.7 Brown · ΔE 26.1 Sienna · ΔE 28.2 Firebrick · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 20.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#004D59

Analogous#590020, #593800

Triadic#00590C, #0C0059

Split complementary#005938, #002159

Tetradic#215900, #004D59, #390059

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4326

Lighter +30%#F22100

Lighter +20%#BF1A00

Lighter +10%#8C1300

Darker −10%#260500

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#590C00

Less saturated −25%#4E140B

Channel breakdown

R89

G12

Red89 (34.9%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue8.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 59 · G 0C · B 00

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