Recognised as Colour

#5C231D

#5C231D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5C231D is a red with RGB values 92, 35, 29 and HSL 6°, 52%, 24%. 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#5C231D

RGBrgb(92, 35, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.1373, 0.1137

RGB percentages36.1%, 13.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(5.7, 52.1%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.7, 68.5%, 36.1%)

CMYK0%, 62%, 68.5%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,038,301

CSS custom property--colour: #5C231D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.26:1

Contrast with white12.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#A3DCE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322D1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#403A1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#651822no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 28.4 Sienna · ΔE 28.7 Maroon · ΔE 30.8 Brown · ΔE 31.5 Dark red · ΔE 35.5 Indian red · ΔE 37

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 28.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D565C

Analogous#5C1D36, #5C421D

Triadic#1D5C23, #231D5C

Split complementary#1D5C43, #1D365C

Tetradic#365C1D, #1D565C, #431D5C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D37C72

Lighter +30%#C6574C

Lighter +20%#AA4135

Lighter +10%#833229

Darker −10%#351411

Darker −20%#0E0505

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6B170E

Less saturated −25%#4D2F2C

Channel breakdown

R92

G35

B29

Red92 (36.1%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue5.71°

Saturation (HSL)52.07%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5C · G 23 · B 1D

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