Recognised as Colour

#84202B

#84202B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#84202B is a red with RGB values 132, 32, 43 and HSL 353°, 61%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#84202B#84202B

HEX#84202B

RGBrgb(132, 32, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1255, 0.1686

RGB percentages51.8%, 12.5%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(353.4, 61%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.4, 75.8%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 75.8%, 67.4%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,658,987

CSS custom property--colour: #84202B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.45:1

Contrast with white9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#7BDFD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C382Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#554E28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Tritanopia#910025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.6 Maroon · ΔE 20.3 Dark red · ΔE 23.9 Indian red · ΔE 24 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Sienna · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#208479

Analogous#84205D, #844720

Triadic#2B8420, #202B84

Split complementary#208447, #205D84

Tetradic#5D8420, #208479, #472084

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E38D96

Lighter +30%#D96471

Lighter +20%#CF3B4B

Lighter +10%#AD2A38

Darker −10%#5B161E

Darker −20%#320C10

Darker −30%#090203

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#980C1B

Less saturated −25%#6F353B

Channel breakdown

R132

G32

B43

Red132 (51.8%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue353.4°

Saturation (HSL)60.98%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 20 · B 2B

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