Recognised as Colour

#65221B

#65221B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#65221B is a red with RGB values 101, 34, 27 and HSL 6°, 58%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#65221B

RGBrgb(101, 34, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.1333, 0.1059

RGB percentages39.6%, 13.3%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(5.7, 57.8%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.7, 73.3%, 39.6%)

CMYK0%, 66.3%, 73.3%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,627,867

CSS custom property--colour: #65221B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.68:1

Contrast with white11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#9ADDE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#342F1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#453E19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Tritanopia#6F1321no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 24.9 Sienna · ΔE 25.2 Maroon · ΔE 25.4 Brown · ΔE 26.3 Dark red · ΔE 30 Indian red · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 24.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B5E65

Analogous#651B39, #65471B

Triadic#1B6522, #221B65

Split complementary#1B6547, #1B3965

Tetradic#39651B, #1B5E65, #471B65

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D97C73

Lighter +30%#CF574A

Lighter +20%#B53D31

Lighter +10%#8D3026

Darker −10%#3D1410

Darker −20%#150705

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#75150B

Less saturated −25%#552F2B

Channel breakdown

R101

G34

B27

Red101 (39.6%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue5.68°

Saturation (HSL)57.81%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 65 · G 22 · B 1B

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