Recognised as Colour

#870E2D

#870E2D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#870E2D is a red with RGB values 135, 14, 45 and HSL 345°, 81%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#870E2D#870E2D

HEX#870E2D

RGBrgb(135, 14, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.0549, 0.1765

RGB percentages52.9%, 5.5%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(344.6, 81.2%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.6, 89.6%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 89.6%, 66.7%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,850,989

CSS custom property--colour: #870E2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.86:1

Contrast with white9.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#78F1D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35342Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#534C2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Tritanopia#95001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16.9 Maroon · ΔE 22 Firebrick · ΔE 24.9 Dark red · ΔE 25.1 Indian red · ΔE 25.9 Sienna · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 16.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E8768

Analogous#870E6A, #872C0E

Triadic#2D870E, #0E2D87

Split complementary#0E872C, #0E6A87

Tetradic#6A870E, #0E8768, #2B0E87

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F07191

Lighter +30%#EB436E

Lighter +20%#E3184C

Lighter +10%#B5133C

Darker −10%#59091E

Darker −20%#2B040E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#950026

Less saturated −25%#742136

Channel breakdown

R135

G14

B45

Red135 (52.9%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue344.63°

Saturation (HSL)81.21%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 0E · B 2D

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