Colour

#840C00

#840C00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#840C00 is a red with RGB values 132, 12, 0 and HSL 5°, 100%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#840C00#840C00

HEX#840C00

RGBrgb(132, 12, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0471, 0

RGB percentages51.8%, 4.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(5.5, 100%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 100%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 90.9%, 100%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,653,824

CSS custom property--colour: #840C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.8 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#252525

Inverted#7BF3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#544900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#92000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 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

Maroon · ΔE 2.7 Dark red · ΔE 4.3 Brown · ΔE 14.2 Firebrick · ΔE 15.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 23 Sienna · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 2.72, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007884

Analogous#840036, #844E00

Triadic#00840C, #0C0084

Split complementary#00844E, #003684

Tetradic#368400, #007884, #4E0084

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6151

Lighter +30%#FF321E

Lighter +20%#EA1500

Lighter +10%#B71100

Darker −10%#510700

Darker −20%#1E0300

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#840C00

Less saturated −25%#741910

Channel breakdown

R132

G12

Red132 (51.8%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue5.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 0C · B 00

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