Recognised as Colour

#5C2319

#5C2319
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5C2319 is a red with RGB values 92, 35, 25 and HSL 9°, 57%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#5C2319

RGBrgb(92, 35, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.1373, 0.098

RGB percentages36.1%, 13.7%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(9, 57.3%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9, 72.8%, 36.1%)

CMYK0%, 62%, 72.8%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,038,297

CSS custom property--colour: #5C2319;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.28:1

Contrast with white12.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#A3DCE6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322D18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#403A18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#651721no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.3 Sienna · ΔE 27.2 Maroon · ΔE 29.4 Brown · ΔE 30.8 Dark red · ΔE 34.1 Indian red · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19525C

Analogous#5C1931, #5C4519

Triadic#195C23, #23195C

Split complementary#195C45, #19305C

Tetradic#305C19, #19525C, #45195C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D77B6A

Lighter +30%#CC5742

Lighter +20%#AC422F

Lighter +10%#843224

Darker −10%#34140E

Darker −20%#0C0403

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B190A

Less saturated −25%#4D2D28

Channel breakdown

R92

G35

B25

Red92 (36.1%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue8.96°

Saturation (HSL)57.26%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5C · G 23 · B 19

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