Recognised as Colour

#842B45

#842B45
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#842B45 is a red with RGB values 132, 43, 69 and HSL 342°, 51%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#842B45

RGBrgb(132, 43, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1686, 0.2706

RGB percentages51.8%, 16.9%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(342.5, 50.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 67.4%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 47.7%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,661,829

CSS custom property--colour: #842B45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.7:1

Contrast with white8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#7BD4BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E4046no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#565243no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#901E35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 27.8 Indian red · ΔE 27.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.4 Maroon · ΔE 34.6 Sienna · ΔE 34.7 Firebrick · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 27.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B846A

Analogous#842B71, #843E2B

Triadic#45842B, #2B4584

Split complementary#2B843E, #2B7184

Tetradic#71842B, #2B846A, #3E2B84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF9CB0

Lighter +30%#D27691

Lighter +20%#C64F72

Lighter +10%#AA3859

Darker −10%#5E1E31

Darker −20%#37121D

Darker −30%#110509

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9A153C

Less saturated −25%#6E414E

Channel breakdown

R132

G43

B69

Red132 (51.8%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue342.47°

Saturation (HSL)50.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 2B · B 45

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