Recognised as Colour

#5A1817

#5A1817
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5A1817 is a red with RGB values 90, 24, 23 and HSL 1°, 59%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#5A1817

RGBrgb(90, 24, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.0941, 0.0902

RGB percentages35.3%, 9.4%, 9%

HSLhsl(0.9, 59.3%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 74.4%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 73.3%, 74.4%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,904,407

CSS custom property--colour: #5A1817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.31:1

Contrast with white13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#A5E7E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A2616no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#3B3515no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Tritanopia#640618no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 27.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.4 Brown · ΔE 29.4 Sienna · ΔE 30 Dark red · ΔE 32.5 Indian red · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 27.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17595A

Analogous#5A1737, #5A3A17

Triadic#175A18, #18175A

Split complementary#175A39, #17385A

Tetradic#385A17, #17595A, #3A175A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D86765

Lighter +30%#CD3F3D

Lighter +20%#AB2E2C

Lighter +10%#832321

Darker −10%#310D0D

Darker −20%#090202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#680A09

Less saturated −25%#4C2625

Channel breakdown

R90

G24

B23

Red90 (35.3%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue0.9°

Saturation (HSL)59.29%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 18 · B 17

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