Recognised as Colour

#5A0B00

#5A0B00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A0B00 is a red with RGB values 90, 11, 0 and HSL 7°, 100%, 18%. 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

#5A0B00#5A0B00

HEX#5A0B00

RGBrgb(90, 11, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0431, 0

RGB percentages35.3%, 4.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(7.3, 100%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.3, 100%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 87.8%, 100%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,901,056

CSS custom property--colour: #5A0B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.16:1

Contrast with white14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#A5F4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#393100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Tritanopia#640009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 19.6 Dark red · ΔE 24.6 Brown · ΔE 25.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.7 Sienna · ΔE 28.1 Firebrick · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 19.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#004F5A

Analogous#5A0022, #5A3800

Triadic#005A0B, #0B005A

Split complementary#005A38, #00225A

Tetradic#225A00, #004F5A, #38005A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4127

Lighter +30%#F31E00

Lighter +20%#C01700

Lighter +10%#8D1100

Darker −10%#270500

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A0B00

Less saturated −25%#4F130B

Channel breakdown

R90

G11

Red90 (35.3%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue7.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 0B · B 00

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Colour values

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