Recognised as Colour

#891C05

#891C05
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#891C05 is a red with RGB values 137, 28, 5 and HSL 10°, 93%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#891C05

RGBrgb(137, 28, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.1098, 0.0196

RGB percentages53.7%, 11%, 2%

HSLhsl(10.5, 93%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.5, 96.4%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 79.6%, 96.4%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,985,605

CSS custom property--colour: #891C05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#76E3FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A4F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Tritanopia#980019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 6.1 Dark red · ΔE 6.9 Brown · ΔE 13.6 Firebrick · ΔE 15.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.5 Sienna · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#057289

Analogous#890530, #895E05

Triadic#05891C, #1C0589

Split complementary#05895E, #053089

Tetradic#308905, #057289, #5E0589

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F97B61

Lighter +30%#F75230

Lighter +20%#EB3009

Lighter +10%#BA2607

Darker −10%#581203

Darker −20%#270801

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E1900

Less saturated −25%#772817

Channel breakdown

R137

G28

Red137 (53.7%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue10.45°

Saturation (HSL)92.96%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 1C · B 05

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