Colour

#5E241B

#5E241B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5E241B is a red with RGB values 94, 36, 27 and HSL 8°, 55%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#5E241B

RGBrgb(94, 36, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1412, 0.1059

RGB percentages36.9%, 14.1%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(8.1, 55.4%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.1, 71.3%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 61.7%, 71.3%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,169,627

CSS custom property--colour: #5E241B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness59 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.04:1

Contrast with white12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#A1DBE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#332E1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#423B1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#681822no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 26.3 Sienna · ΔE 27 Maroon · ΔE 29.3 Brown · ΔE 30.3 Dark red · ΔE 33.9 Indian red · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 26.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B555E

Analogous#5E1B33, #5E461B

Triadic#1B5E24, #241B5E

Split complementary#1B5E46, #1B335E

Tetradic#335E1B, #1B555E, #461B5E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D67D6F

Lighter +30%#CA5948

Lighter +20%#AD4232

Lighter +10%#863326

Darker −10%#361510

Darker −20%#0F0604

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D190C

Less saturated −25%#4F2F2A

Channel breakdown

R94

G36

B27

Red94 (36.9%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue8.06°

Saturation (HSL)55.37%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 24 · B 1B

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