Recognised as Colour

#5A151B

#5A151B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A151B is a red with RGB values 90, 21, 27 and HSL 355°, 62%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#5A151B

RGBrgb(90, 21, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0824, 0.1059

RGB percentages35.3%, 8.2%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(354.8, 62.2%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.8, 76.7%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 76.7%, 70%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,903,643

CSS custom property--colour: #5A151B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.48:1

Contrast with white13.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#A5EAE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#28251Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#393419no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Tritanopia#630218no 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 text13.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 29.3 Brown · ΔE 30.3 Sienna · ΔE 32.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.5 Dark red · ΔE 34.1 Indian red · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 29.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#155A54

Analogous#5A153D, #5A3215

Triadic#1B5A15, #151B5A

Split complementary#155A32, #153D5A

Tetradic#3D5A15, #155A54, #32155A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA616B

Lighter +30%#D03845

Lighter +20%#AD2834

Lighter +10%#831F27

Darker −10%#310B0F

Darker −20%#070202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#680710

Less saturated −25%#4C2326

Channel breakdown

R90

G21

B27

Red90 (35.3%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue354.78°

Saturation (HSL)62.16%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 15 · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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