Information about #541515 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored warm red, #541515 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Heath (#541012). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Chocolate Cosmos (#58111A) and Maroon Oak (#520C17).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(84, 21, 21)), which gives #541515 its character. If you plan to put text on a #541515 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 14.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.5:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:67), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #541515 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#541515 color variations
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#541515 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#541515 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#541515 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#541515 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#541515 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #541515 color
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Nearest named colors to #541515
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#541012
#58111A
#520C17
#5D1916
#58181F
#5A2019
#4E1609
#481C1C
#511D22
#551B24
#5D1F1E
#561426
#541515 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#541515
- RGB84, 21, 21
- CMYK0, 25, 25, 67
- CSSrgb(84, 21, 21)
- HSL0°, 60%, 21%
- HSL Precise0°, 60%, 20.588%
- HSV0°, 75%, 33%
- HSB0°, 75%, 33%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.329
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.082
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
- GLSLvec3(0.329, 0.082, 0.082)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.329, 0.082, 0.082, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.329, 0.082, 0.082)
- Percentage of Red in RGB32.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB8.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID541515
- DECIMAL ID5510421
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
