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Recognised as Colour

#5F042E

  • #5F042E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#5F042E is a red with RGB values 95, 4, 46 and HSL 332°, 92%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#5F042E#5F042E
HEX#5F042E
RGBrgb(95, 4, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.0157, 0.1804
RGB percentages37.3%, 1.6%, 18%
HSLhsl(332.3, 91.9%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332.3, 95.8%, 37.3%)
CMYK0%, 95.8%, 51.6%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,226,990
CSS custom property--colour: #5F042E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness54.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.61:1
Contrast with white13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A
Inverted#A0FBD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E232Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#36342Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#680019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 36.3Maroon · ΔE 38.6Indian red · ΔE 40.8Pale violetred · ΔE 42Dark red · ΔE 42.8Purple · ΔE 43.2
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 36.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#045F35
Analogous#5F045B, #5F0804
Triadic#2E5F04, #042E5F
Split complementary#045F08, #045B5F
Tetradic#5B5F04, #045F35, #08045F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F73890
Lighter +30%#F20A75
Lighter +20%#C1085D
Lighter +10%#900646
Darker −10%#2E0216
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#63002E
Less saturated −25%#53102F

Channel breakdown

R95
G4
B46
Red95 (37.3%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue332.31°
Saturation (HSL)91.92%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 5F · G 04 · B 2E

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