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Recognised as Colour

#820B2C

  • #820B2C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#820B2C is a red with RGB values 130, 11, 44 and HSL 343°, 84%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#820B2C#820B2C
HEX#820B2C
RGBrgb(130, 11, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.5098, 0.0431, 0.1725
RGB percentages51%, 4.3%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(343.4, 84.4%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(343.4, 91.5%, 51%)
CMYK0%, 91.5%, 66.2%, 49%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,522,540
CSS custom property--colour: #820B2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.33:1
Contrast with white10.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#7DF4D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#32312Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F4929no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8F001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0B8261
Analogous#820B68, #82250B
Triadic#2C820B, #0B2C82
Split complementary#0B8225, #0B6882
Tetradic#68820B, #0B8261, #250B82

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F2678D
Lighter +30%#EE386A
Lighter +20%#E0134C
Lighter +10%#B10F3C
Darker −10%#53071C
Darker −20%#24030C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8D0027
Less saturated −25%#701D34

Channel breakdown

R130
G11
B44
Red130 (51%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue343.36°
Saturation (HSL)84.4%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 82 · G 0B · B 2C

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