Recognised as Colour

#5A0012

#5A0012
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A0012 is a red with RGB values 90, 0, 18 and HSL 348°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#5A0012

RGBrgb(90, 0, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0, 0.0706

RGB percentages35.3%, 0%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(348, 100%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348, 100%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 80%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,898,258

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0012;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.55:1

Contrast with white14.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#A5FFED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#201D12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#352F0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#640008no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 24.5 Brown · ΔE 27.3 Dark red · ΔE 29.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.5 Sienna · ΔE 33.8 Firebrick · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 24.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005A48

Analogous#5A003F, #5A1B00

Triadic#125A00, #00125A

Split complementary#005A1B, #003F5A

Tetradic#3F5A00, #005A48, #1B005A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF2752

Lighter +30%#F30031

Lighter +20%#C00026

Lighter +10%#8D001C

Darker −10%#270008

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A0012

Less saturated −25%#4F0B19

Channel breakdown

R90

B18

Red90 (35.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue348°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 00 · B 12

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