Recognised as Colour

#841B17

#841B17
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#841B17 is a red with RGB values 132, 27, 23 and HSL 2°, 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 Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#841B17

RGBrgb(132, 27, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1059, 0.0902

RGB percentages51.8%, 10.6%, 9%

HSLhsl(2.2, 70.3%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.2, 82.6%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 79.5%, 82.6%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,657,687

CSS custom property--colour: #841B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.77:1

Contrast with white9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#7BE4E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C3515no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#92001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 9.4 Brown · ΔE 10.7 Dark red · ΔE 13.2 Firebrick · ΔE 17.7 Sienna · ΔE 21.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#178084

Analogous#841749, #845217

Triadic#17841B, #1B1784

Split complementary#178452, #174984

Tetradic#498417, #178084, #521784

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9827E

Lighter +30%#E15853

Lighter +20%#D92E28

Lighter +10%#AF241F

Darker −10%#59120F

Darker −20%#2D0908

Darker −30%#020000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#970904

Less saturated −25%#712D2A

Channel breakdown

R132

G27

B23

Red132 (51.8%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue2.2°

Saturation (HSL)70.32%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 1B · B 17

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