Recognised as Colour

#5A0206

#5A0206
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A0206 is a red with RGB values 90, 2, 6 and HSL 357°, 96%, 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#5A0206

RGBrgb(90, 2, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0078, 0.0235

RGB percentages35.3%, 0.8%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(357.3, 95.7%, 18%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.3, 97.8%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 97.8%, 93.3%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,898,758

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0206;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.52:1

Contrast with white14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#A5FDF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#221D05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Deuteranopia#373002no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#640005no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 20.4 Brown · ΔE 25.5 Dark red · ΔE 25.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.3 Sienna · ΔE 30.8 Firebrick · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 20.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#025A56

Analogous#5A0232, #5A2A02

Triadic#065A02, #02065A

Split complementary#025A2A, #02325A

Tetradic#325A02, #025A56, #2A025A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA2E37

Lighter +30%#F00510

Lighter +20%#BE040D

Lighter +10%#8C0309

Darker −10%#280103

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5C0004

Less saturated −25%#4F0E10

Channel breakdown

R90

Red90 (35.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue357.27°

Saturation (HSL)95.65%

Lightness18.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 02 · B 06

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