Colour

#5A0002

#5A0002
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A0002 is a red with RGB values 90, 0, 2 and HSL 359°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#5A0002#5A0002

HEX#5A0002

RGBrgb(90, 0, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0, 0.0078

RGB percentages35.3%, 0%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(358.7, 100%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.7, 100%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 97.8%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,898,242

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0002;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.63:1

Contrast with white14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#A5FFFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#211C01no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#362F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#640002no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 19.4 Dark red · ΔE 24.4 Brown · ΔE 25.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.9 Sienna · ΔE 30.6 Firebrick · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 19.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005A58

Analogous#5A002F, #5A2B00

Triadic#025A00, #00025A

Split complementary#005A2B, #002F5A

Tetradic#2F5A00, #005A58, #2B005A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF272C

Lighter +30%#F30005

Lighter +20%#C00004

Lighter +10%#8D0003

Darker −10%#270001

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A0002

Less saturated −25%#4F0B0D

Channel breakdown

R90

Red90 (35.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue358.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 00 · B 02

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