Colour

#5E041D

#5E041D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5E041D is a red with RGB values 94, 4, 29 and HSL 343°, 92%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#5E041D

RGBrgb(94, 4, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.0157, 0.1137

RGB percentages36.9%, 1.6%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(343.3, 91.8%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.3, 95.7%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 95.7%, 69.1%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,161,437

CSS custom property--colour: #5E041D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.9:1

Contrast with white13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#A1FBE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#22211Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#38331Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#680010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.6 Brown · ΔE 29 Dark red · ΔE 33.3 Sienna · ΔE 36 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.8 Indian red · ΔE 37.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#045E45

Analogous#5E044A, #5E1804

Triadic#1D5E04, #041D5E

Split complementary#045E18, #044A5E

Tetradic#4A5E04, #045E45, #18045E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7376D

Lighter +30%#F10A4A

Lighter +20%#C0083B

Lighter +10%#8F062C

Darker −10%#2D020E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#62001B

Less saturated −25%#521022

Channel breakdown

R94

B29

Red94 (36.9%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue343.33°

Saturation (HSL)91.84%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 04 · B 1D

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