Recognised as Colour

#87253D

#87253D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#87253D is a red with RGB values 135, 37, 61 and HSL 345°, 57%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#87253D#87253D

HEX#87253D

RGBrgb(135, 37, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1451, 0.2392

RGB percentages52.9%, 14.5%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(345.3, 57%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.3, 72.6%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 72.6%, 54.8%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,856,893

CSS custom property--colour: #87253D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.89:1

Contrast with white8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#78DAC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D3D3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#57513Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Tritanopia#94102Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.4 Maroon · ΔE 29.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.7 Firebrick · ΔE 31.9 Sienna · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25876F

Analogous#87256E, #873E25

Triadic#3D8725, #253D87

Split complementary#25873E, #256E87

Tetradic#6E8725, #25876F, #3E2587

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E296A9

Lighter +30%#D76E88

Lighter +20%#CC4667

Lighter +10%#AF304F

Darker −10%#5F1A2B

Darker −20%#370F19

Darker −30%#0F0407

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D1032

Less saturated −25%#723B48

Channel breakdown

R135

G37

B61

Red135 (52.9%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue345.31°

Saturation (HSL)56.98%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 25 · B 3D

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