Colour

#5A142A

#5A142A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#5A142A is a red with RGB values 90, 20, 42 and HSL 341°, 64%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#5A142A#5A142A

HEX#5A142A

RGBrgb(90, 20, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0784, 0.1647

RGB percentages35.3%, 7.8%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(341.1, 63.6%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.1, 77.8%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 77.8%, 53.3%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,903,402

CSS custom property--colour: #5A142A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.39:1

Contrast with white13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#A5EBD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#25262Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#373428no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#63061Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 35.8 Maroon · ΔE 37.3 Black · ΔE 38.8 Sienna · ΔE 39.9 Indian red · ΔE 40.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 41.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 35.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#145A44

Analogous#5A144D, #5A2114

Triadic#2A5A14, #142A5A

Split complementary#145A21, #144D5A

Tetradic#4D5A14, #145A44, #21145A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DB5F86

Lighter +30%#D23566

Lighter +20%#AD2751

Lighter +10%#841D3D

Darker −10%#300B17

Darker −20%#070103

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#680625

Less saturated −25%#4C222F

Channel breakdown

R90

G20

B42

Red90 (35.3%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue341.14°

Saturation (HSL)63.64%

Lightness21.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 14 · B 2A

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