Recognised as Colour

#5E291C

#5E291C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5E291C is a red with RGB values 94, 41, 28 and HSL 12°, 54%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#5E291C

RGBrgb(94, 41, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.1608, 0.1098

RGB percentages36.9%, 16.1%, 11%

HSLhsl(11.8, 54.1%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.8, 70.2%, 36.9%)

CMYK0%, 56.4%, 70.2%, 63.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,170,908

CSS custom property--colour: #5E291C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.6:1

Contrast with white11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#A1D6E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#37321Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#443D1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Tritanopia#671F26no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 25.4 Sienna · ΔE 26.2 Maroon · ΔE 30.9 Brown · ΔE 31.8 Dark red · ΔE 35.5 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 25.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C515E

Analogous#5E1C30, #5E4A1C

Triadic#1C5E29, #291C5E

Split complementary#1C5E4A, #1C305E

Tetradic#305E1C, #1C515E, #4A1C5E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D58571

Lighter +30%#C9634A

Lighter +20%#AD4B33

Lighter +10%#853A28

Darker −10%#371810

Darker −20%#0F0705

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6D200D

Less saturated −25%#4F322B

Channel breakdown

R94

G41

B28

Red94 (36.9%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue11.82°

Saturation (HSL)54.1%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5E · G 29 · B 1C

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