Recognised as Colour

#802B38

#802B38
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#802B38 is a red with RGB values 128, 43, 56 and HSL 351°, 50%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#802B38#802B38

HEX#802B38

RGBrgb(128, 43, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.502, 0.1686, 0.2196

RGB percentages50.2%, 16.9%, 22%

HSLhsl(350.8, 49.7%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.8, 66.4%, 50.2%)

CMYK0%, 66.4%, 56.3%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,399,672

CSS custom property--colour: #802B38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.05:1

Contrast with white9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#7FD4C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3E38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#554F36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8C1C30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.2 Indian red · ΔE 25.7 Sienna · ΔE 28.3 Maroon · ΔE 28.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.9 Dark red · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B8073

Analogous#802B63, #80492B

Triadic#38802B, #2B3880

Split complementary#2B8048, #2B6380

Tetradic#63802B, #2B8073, #482B80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD9AA4

Lighter +30%#D07482

Lighter +20%#C34E60

Lighter +10%#A63849

Darker −10%#5A1E27

Darker −20%#341117

Darker −30%#0D0506

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#951629

Less saturated −25%#6B4047

Channel breakdown

R128

G43

B56

Red128 (50.2%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue350.82°

Saturation (HSL)49.71%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 80 · G 2B · B 38

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