Recognised as Colour

#84172F

#84172F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#84172F is a red with RGB values 132, 23, 47 and HSL 347°, 70%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#84172F#84172F

HEX#84172F

RGBrgb(132, 23, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.0902, 0.1843

RGB percentages51.8%, 9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(346.8, 70.3%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.8, 82.6%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 82.6%, 64.4%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,656,687

CSS custom property--colour: #84172F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.79:1

Contrast with white9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#7BE8D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#37352Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#534C2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#910022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.2 Maroon · ΔE 23.3 Indian red · ΔE 25.7 Dark red · ΔE 26.7 Firebrick · ΔE 26.8 Sienna · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17846C

Analogous#841765, #843617

Triadic#2F8417, #172F84

Split complementary#178436, #176684

Tetradic#668417, #17846C, #361784

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E97E96

Lighter +30%#E15372

Lighter +20%#D9284F

Lighter +10%#AF1F3E

Darker −10%#590F20

Darker −20%#2D0810

Darker −30%#020001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#970424

Less saturated −25%#712A3A

Channel breakdown

R132

G23

B47

Red132 (51.8%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue346.79°

Saturation (HSL)70.32%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 17 · B 2F

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