Colour

#5A272A

#5A272A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#5A272A is a red with RGB values 90, 39, 42 and HSL 356°, 40%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

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HEX#5A272A

RGBrgb(90, 39, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.1529, 0.1647

RGB percentages35.3%, 15.3%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(356.5, 39.5%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 56.7%, 35.3%)

CMYK0%, 56.7%, 53.3%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,908,266

CSS custom property--colour: #5A272A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#A5D8D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#32302Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F3B29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#622028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 33.3 Sienna · ΔE 34 Black · ΔE 34.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.9 Brown · ΔE 36.5 Maroon · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 33.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#275A57

Analogous#5A2743, #5A3E27

Triadic#2A5A27, #272A5A

Split complementary#275A3E, #27435A

Tetradic#435A27, #275A57, #3E275A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C98488

Lighter +30%#BA6065

Lighter +20%#A1464B

Lighter +10%#7E363B

Darker −10%#361819

Darker −20%#130809

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A171C

Less saturated −25%#4A3738

Channel breakdown

R90

G39

B42

Red90 (35.3%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue356.47°

Saturation (HSL)39.53%

Lightness25.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5A · G 27 · B 2A

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