Recognised as Colour

#5A111A

#5A111A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A111A is a red with RGB values 90, 17, 26 and HSL 353°, 68%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#5A111A#5A111A

HEX#5A111A

RGBrgb(90, 17, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0667, 0.102

RGB percentages35.3%, 6.7%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(352.6, 68.2%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.6, 81.1%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 81.1%, 71.1%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,902,618

CSS custom property--colour: #5A111A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.73:1

Contrast with white13.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#A5EEE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#26231Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#383318no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Tritanopia#630015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.7 Brown · ΔE 29.8 Sienna · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.2 Dark red · ΔE 33.5 Indian red · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#115A51

Analogous#5A113F, #5A2C11

Triadic#1A5A11, #111A5A

Split complementary#115A2C, #113F5A

Tetradic#3F5A11, #115A51, #2D115A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF5868

Lighter +30%#D72D42

Lighter +20%#B02133

Lighter +10%#851926

Darker −10%#2F090E

Darker −20%#040101

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#670410

Less saturated −25%#4D1E24

Channel breakdown

R90

G17

B26

Red90 (35.3%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue352.6°

Saturation (HSL)68.22%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 11 · B 1A

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#5A111A

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else