Recognised as Colour

#862B3C

#862B3C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#862B3C is a red with RGB values 134, 43, 60 and HSL 349°, 51%, 35%. 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

#862B3C#862B3C

HEX#862B3C

RGBrgb(134, 43, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.1686, 0.2353

RGB percentages52.5%, 16.9%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(348.8, 51.4%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 67.9%, 52.5%)

CMYK0%, 67.9%, 55.2%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,792,892

CSS custom property--colour: #862B3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.66:1

Contrast with white8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#79D4C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#41403Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#58523Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#921A32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.5 Maroon · ΔE 28.9 Sienna · ΔE 29.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.9 Firebrick · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B8675

Analogous#862B69, #86482B

Triadic#3C862B, #2B3C86

Split complementary#2B8648, #2B6986

Tetradic#69862B, #2B8675, #482B86

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E09DAA

Lighter +30%#D37788

Lighter +20%#C75066

Lighter +10%#AD374D

Darker −10%#5F1F2B

Darker −20%#391219

Darker −30%#120608

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9C152E

Less saturated −25%#70414A

Channel breakdown

R134

G43

B60

Red134 (52.5%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue348.79°

Saturation (HSL)51.41%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 86 · G 2B · B 3C

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Colour values

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