Recognised as Colour

#87142A

#87142A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#87142A is a red with RGB values 135, 20, 42 and HSL 349°, 74%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#87142A#87142A

HEX#87142A

RGBrgb(135, 20, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.0784, 0.1647

RGB percentages52.9%, 7.8%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(348.5, 74.2%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.5, 85.2%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 85.2%, 68.9%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,852,522

CSS custom property--colour: #87142A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.71:1

Contrast with white9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#78EBD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#38352Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#544D27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Tritanopia#95001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 14.7 Maroon · ΔE 19.6 Dark red · ΔE 22.8 Firebrick · ΔE 23 Indian red · ΔE 24.8 Sienna · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)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#148771

Analogous#871464, #873714

Triadic#2A8714, #142A87

Split complementary#148737, #146487

Tetradic#648714, #148771, #371487

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EC7B91

Lighter +30%#E54F6C

Lighter +20%#DE2347

Lighter +10%#B31B38

Darker −10%#5B0D1C

Darker −20%#2E070E

Darker −30%#020001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9A011E

Less saturated −25%#742736

Channel breakdown

R135

G20

B42

Red135 (52.9%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue348.52°

Saturation (HSL)74.19%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 14 · B 2A

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