Palettes / Colors / #5C1918

#5C1918 — Deep Red

#5C1918 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 #5C1918 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.

#5C1918 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #185C5D; it also sits naturally between #5D1839 and #5D3C18. 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 74% · Key 64%

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

Previews

CSS code for #5C1918

.text { color: #5C1918; }
.background { background-color: #5C1918; }
.border { border: 3px solid #5C1918; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(92, 25, 24); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 59%, 23%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #5C1918; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(92, 25, 24, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #5C1918; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(92, 25, 24, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#5C1918">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#5C1918">Div content here</div>

Shades of #5C1918

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #185C5D:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #5C1918: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #5C1918

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 #5C1918 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 #5C1918 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

← #5C1917  ·  #5C1919 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #5C1918?

#5C1918 is Deep Red, a red color (RGB 92, 25, 24). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #5C1918?

#5C1918 is RGB 92, 25, 24 — HSL 1°, 59%, 23% — CMYK 0%, 73%, 74%, 64%.

What colors go with #5C1918?

Its complement is #185C5D; analogous partners are #5D1839 and #5D3C18. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #5C1918 for text?

White text on #5C1918 has a contrast ratio of 13.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.61:1.