Recognised as Colour

#5F281B

#5F281B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#5F281B is a red with RGB values 95, 40, 27 and HSL 11°, 56%, 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#5F281B

RGBrgb(95, 40, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.1569, 0.1059

RGB percentages37.3%, 15.7%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(11.5, 55.7%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.5, 71.6%, 37.3%)

CMYK0%, 57.9%, 71.6%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,236,187

CSS custom property--colour: #5F281B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0403WCAG 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 11.63:1

Contrast with white11.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#A0D7E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#36311Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#443D1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#691D25no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 24.8 Sienna · ΔE 25.7 Maroon · ΔE 29.8 Brown · ΔE 30.8 Dark red · ΔE 34.4 Indian red · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 24.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B525F

Analogous#5F1B30, #5F4A1B

Triadic#1B5F28, #281B5F

Split complementary#1B5F4A, #1B305F

Tetradic#305F1B, #1B525F, #4A1B5F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D68370

Lighter +30%#CB6148

Lighter +20%#AE4932

Lighter +10%#873926

Darker −10%#371710

Darker −20%#100704

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E1F0C

Less saturated −25%#50312A

Channel breakdown

R95

G40

B27

Red95 (37.3%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue11.47°

Saturation (HSL)55.74%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 5F · G 28 · B 1B

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