Recognised as Colour

#5F040F

#5F040F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#5F040F is a red with RGB values 95, 4, 15 and HSL 353°, 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

#5F040F#5F040F

HEX#5F040F

RGBrgb(95, 4, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0157, 0.0588

RGB percentages37.3%, 1.6%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(352.7, 91.9%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.7, 95.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK0%, 95.8%, 84.2%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,226,959

CSS custom property--colour: #5F040F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.3 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#181818

Inverted#A0FBF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#24200Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A330Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#6A0009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 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 20.7 Brown · ΔE 24.3 Dark red · ΔE 25.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.9 Sienna · ΔE 30.6 Firebrick · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 20.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#045F54

Analogous#5F043C, #5F2604

Triadic#0F5F04, #040F5F

Split complementary#045F26, #043C5F

Tetradic#3D5F04, #045F54, #27045F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7384F

Lighter +30%#F20A26

Lighter +20%#C1081E

Lighter +10%#900617

Darker −10%#2E0207

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#63000C

Less saturated −25%#531018

Channel breakdown

R95

B15

Red95 (37.3%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue352.75°

Saturation (HSL)91.92%

Lightness19.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5F · G 04 · B 0F

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