Colour

#5F2015

#5F2015
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5F2015 is a red with RGB values 95, 32, 21 and HSL 9°, 64%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#5F2015#5F2015

HEX#5F2015

RGBrgb(95, 32, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1255, 0.0824

RGB percentages37.3%, 12.5%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(8.9, 63.8%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.9, 77.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK0%, 66.3%, 77.9%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,234,133

CSS custom property--colour: #5F2015;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.32:1

Contrast with white12.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#A0DFEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312C13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#413A13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Tritanopia#69111Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 24.3 Sienna · ΔE 25.6 Maroon · ΔE 25.8 Brown · ΔE 27.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.5 Indian red · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 24.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15545F

Analogous#5F152F, #5F4515

Triadic#155F20, #20155F

Split complementary#155F45, #152F5F

Tetradic#2F5F15, #15545F, #45155F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD7563

Lighter +30%#D3503A

Lighter +20%#B33C27

Lighter +10%#892E1E

Darker −10%#35120C

Darker −20%#0B0403

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E1607

Less saturated −25%#512A23

Channel breakdown

R95

G32

B21

Red95 (37.3%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue8.92°

Saturation (HSL)63.79%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5F · G 20 · B 15

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