Recognised as Colour

#812A34

#812A34
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#812A34 is a red with RGB values 129, 42, 52 and HSL 353°, 51%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#812A34#812A34

HEX#812A34

RGBrgb(129, 42, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.5059, 0.1647, 0.2039

RGB percentages50.6%, 16.5%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(353.1, 50.9%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.1, 67.4%, 50.6%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 59.7%, 49.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,464,948

CSS custom property--colour: #812A34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#7ED5CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403D34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#564F32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8D182Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.9 Indian red · ΔE 24.8 Maroon · ΔE 26.2 Sienna · ΔE 26.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.8 Dark red · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A8177

Analogous#812A5F, #814C2A

Triadic#34812A, #2A3481

Split complementary#2A814C, #2A5F81

Tetradic#5F812A, #2A8177, #4C2A81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE99A1

Lighter +30%#D1737E

Lighter +20%#C54C5A

Lighter +10%#A73744

Darker −10%#5B1D24

Darker −20%#341115

Darker −30%#0E0405

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#961524

Less saturated −25%#6C3F44

Channel breakdown

R129

G42

B52

Red129 (50.6%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue353.1°

Saturation (HSL)50.88%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 81 · G 2A · B 34

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