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Recognised as Colour

#84224A

  • #84224A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#84224A is a red with RGB values 132, 34, 74 and HSL 336°, 59%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#84224A#84224A
HEX#84224A
RGBrgb(132, 34, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1333, 0.2902
RGB percentages51.8%, 13.3%, 29%
HSLhsl(335.5, 59%, 32.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.5, 74.2%, 51.8%)
CMYK0%, 74.2%, 43.9%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,659,530
CSS custom property--colour: #84224A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#7BDDB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#373C4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#514F48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8F1433no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 29.8Indian red · ΔE 31.7Brown · ΔE 31.8Medium violet red · ΔE 33.5Maroon · ΔE 38.6Purple · ΔE 39.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 29.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#22845C
Analogous#84227B, #842B22
Triadic#4A8422, #224A84
Split complementary#22842B, #227B84
Tetradic#7B8422, #22845C, #2B2284

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E290B1
Lighter +30%#D86795
Lighter +20%#CD3F79
Lighter +10%#AD2C61
Darker −10%#5B1833
Darker −20%#330D1D
Darker −30%#0A0306
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#990D46
Less saturated −25%#6F374E

Channel breakdown

R132
G34
B74
Red132 (51.8%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue335.51°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness32.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 84 · G 22 · B 4A

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