#5F1D16
A dark, moderate red closely aligning with Maroon.
About #5F1D16
When working with digital screens, the color #5F1D16 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Maroon. Its digital footprint relies on 95 parts red, 29 parts green, and 22 parts blue light.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 69% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively dark color when applied to physical surfaces.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.