Recognised as Colour

#5B161E

#5B161E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5B161E is a red with RGB values 91, 22, 30 and HSL 353°, 61%, 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#5B161E

RGBrgb(91, 22, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.0863, 0.1176

RGB percentages35.7%, 8.6%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(353, 61.1%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 75.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK0%, 75.8%, 67%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,969,438

CSS custom property--colour: #5B161E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.5 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#252525

Inverted#A4E9E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#29261Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A351Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Tritanopia#640419no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 30.4 Brown · ΔE 30.7 Sienna · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.5 Dark red · ΔE 35.1 Indian red · ΔE 37.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 30.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#165B53

Analogous#5B1641, #5B3016

Triadic#1E5B16, #161E5B

Split complementary#165B30, #16415B

Tetradic#415B16, #165B53, #30165B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D96471

Lighter +30%#CF3B4C

Lighter +20%#AD2A39

Lighter +10%#84202C

Darker −10%#320C10

Darker −20%#090203

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#690813

Less saturated −25%#4D2429

Channel breakdown

R91

G22

B30

Red91 (35.7%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue353.04°

Saturation (HSL)61.06%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5B · G 16 · B 1E

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