Recognised as Colour

#5B0016

#5B0016
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5B0016 is a red with RGB values 91, 0, 22 and HSL 345°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#5B0016#5B0016

HEX#5B0016

RGBrgb(91, 0, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0, 0.0863

RGB percentages35.7%, 0%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(345.5, 100%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.5, 100%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 75.8%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,798

CSS custom property--colour: #5B0016;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.42:1

Contrast with white14.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#A4FFE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#201E16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#363013no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Tritanopia#65000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 26.1 Brown · ΔE 27.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.9 Sienna · ΔE 34.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 35 Firebrick · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 26.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005B45

Analogous#5B0043, #5B1800

Triadic#165B00, #00165B

Split complementary#005B18, #00435B

Tetradic#435B00, #005B45, #18005B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF285C

Lighter +30%#F4003B

Lighter +20%#C1002F

Lighter +10%#8E0022

Darker −10%#28000A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B0016

Less saturated −25%#500B1C

Channel breakdown

R91

B22

Red91 (35.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue345.49°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 00 · B 16

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