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Recognised as Colour

#84243B

  • #84243B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#84243B is a red with RGB values 132, 36, 59 and HSL 346°, 57%, 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 Brown.

Colour values

#84243B#84243B
HEX#84243B
RGBrgb(132, 36, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1412, 0.2314
RGB percentages51.8%, 14.1%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(345.6, 57.1%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345.6, 72.7%, 51.8%)
CMYK0%, 72.7%, 55.3%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,660,027
CSS custom property--colour: #84243B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#7BDBC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C3C3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#554F39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#900F2Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.2Indian red · ΔE 26.1Maroon · ΔE 29.4Pale violetred · ΔE 31.5Sienna · ΔE 31.9Firebrick · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#24846D
Analogous#84246B, #843D24
Triadic#3B8424, #243B84
Split complementary#24843D, #246B84
Tetradic#6B8424, #24846D, #3D2484

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E193A5
Lighter +30%#D66A84
Lighter +20%#CC4263
Lighter +10%#AC2F4D
Darker −10%#5C1929
Darker −20%#340E17
Darker −30%#0C0305
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#990F30
Less saturated −25%#6F3946

Channel breakdown

R132
G36
B59
Red132 (51.8%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue345.63°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 84 · G 24 · B 3B

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