Recognised as Colour

#84012A

#84012A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#84012A is a red with RGB values 132, 1, 42 and HSL 341°, 98%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#84012A

RGBrgb(132, 1, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0039, 0.1647

RGB percentages51.8%, 0.4%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(341.2, 98.5%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.2, 99.2%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 99.2%, 68.2%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,651,050

CSS custom property--colour: #84012A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05094WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.4:1

Contrast with white10.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#7BFED5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312F2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#504926no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#920017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17.8 Maroon · ΔE 22 Dark red · ΔE 25.1 Firebrick · ΔE 25.3 Indian red · ΔE 27.6 Sienna · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01845B

Analogous#84016C, #841A01

Triadic#2A8401, #012A84

Split complementary#01841A, #016B84

Tetradic#6B8401, #01845B, #1A0184

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE5389

Lighter +30%#FD2166

Lighter +20%#E9024A

Lighter +10%#B7013A

Darker −10%#51011A

Darker −20%#1F000A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#85002A

Less saturated −25%#731230

Channel breakdown

R132

B42

Red132 (51.8%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue341.22°

Saturation (HSL)98.5%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 01 · B 2A

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