Recognised as Colour

#842E1C

#842E1C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#842E1C is a red with RGB values 132, 46, 28 and HSL 10°, 65%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#842E1C

RGBrgb(132, 46, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.1804, 0.1098

RGB percentages51.8%, 18%, 11%

HSLhsl(10.4, 65%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.4, 78.8%, 51.8%)

CMYK0%, 65.2%, 78.8%, 48.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,662,556

CSS custom property--colour: #842E1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.79:1

Contrast with white8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#7BD1E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#463F19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5219no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#92182Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 14.7 Brown · ΔE 14.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.2 Maroon · ΔE 15.5 Dark red · ΔE 18.8 Firebrick · ΔE 22.5

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C7284

Analogous#841C3E, #84621C

Triadic#1C842E, #2E1C84

Split complementary#1C8462, #1C3E84

Tetradic#3E841C, #1C7284, #621C84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E59787

Lighter +30%#DD735C

Lighter +20%#D44E32

Lighter +10%#AE3D25

Darker −10%#5A1F13

Darker −20%#30110A

Darker −30%#060201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#982108

Less saturated −25%#703B30

Channel breakdown

R132

G46

B28

Red132 (51.8%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue10.38°

Saturation (HSL)65%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 84 · G 2E · B 1C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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