Recognised as Colour

#5B001A

#5B001A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5B001A is a red with RGB values 91, 0, 26 and HSL 343°, 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

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HEX#5B001A

RGBrgb(91, 0, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0, 0.102

RGB percentages35.7%, 0%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(342.9, 100%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.9, 100%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 71.4%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,802

CSS custom property--colour: #5B001A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.39:1

Contrast with white14.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#A4FFE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1E1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#353017no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#65000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.5 Brown · ΔE 29.4 Dark red · ΔE 33.2 Sienna · ΔE 36.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.1 Firebrick · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005B41

Analogous#5B0047, #5B1300

Triadic#1A5B00, #001A5B

Split complementary#005B13, #00475B

Tetradic#485B00, #005B41, #14005B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF2865

Lighter +30%#F40046

Lighter +20%#C10037

Lighter +10%#8E0029

Darker −10%#28000B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B001A

Less saturated −25%#500B1F

Channel breakdown

R91

B26

Red91 (35.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue342.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 00 · B 1A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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