Recognised as Colour

#5A2111

#5A2111
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5A2111 is a red with RGB values 90, 33, 17 and HSL 13°, 68%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#5A2111

RGBrgb(90, 33, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1294, 0.0667

RGB percentages35.3%, 12.9%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(13.2, 68.2%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.2, 81.1%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 63.3%, 81.1%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,906,705

CSS custom property--colour: #5A2111;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness55.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.65:1

Contrast with white12.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#A5DEEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312B0Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F380Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#64141Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 23.9 Sienna · ΔE 25.9 Maroon · ΔE 27.4 Brown · ΔE 30.3 Dark red · ΔE 32.1 Indian red · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 23.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#114A5A

Analogous#5A1126, #5A4611

Triadic#115A21, #21115A

Split complementary#115A45, #11265A

Tetradic#265A11, #114A5A, #46115A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF7558

Lighter +30%#D7522D

Lighter +20%#B04021

Lighter +10%#853119

Darker −10%#2F1109

Darker −20%#040201

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#671904

Less saturated −25%#4D291E

Channel breakdown

R90

G33

B17

Red90 (35.3%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue13.15°

Saturation (HSL)68.22%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 21 · B 11

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