Palettes / Colors / #5C1917

#5C1917 — Deep Red

#5C1917 is a red color we call Deep Red, closest to the named color Maroon (#800000). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: maroon (#800000) — not an exact match. CSS maroon gives you #800000, a different color; use #5C1917 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#5C1917 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #175B5E; it also sits naturally between #5E1738 and #5E3D17. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 36% · Green 10% · Blue 9%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 73% · Yellow 75% · Key 64%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #5C1917

.text { color: #5C1917; }
.background { background-color: #5C1917; }
.border { border: 3px solid #5C1917; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(92, 25, 23); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 60%, 23%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #5C1917; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(92, 25, 23, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #5C1917; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(92, 25, 23, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#5C1917">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#5C1917">Div content here</div>

Shades of #5C1917

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #175B5E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #5C1917: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #5C1917

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #5C1917 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #5C1917 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #5C1917?

#5C1917 is Deep Red, a red color (RGB 92, 25, 23). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #5C1917?

#5C1917 is RGB 92, 25, 23 — HSL 2°, 60%, 23% — CMYK 0%, 73%, 75%, 64%.

What colors go with #5C1917?

Its complement is #175B5E; analogous partners are #5E1738 and #5E3D17. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #5C1917 for text?

White text on #5C1917 has a contrast ratio of 13.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.61:1.