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Recognised as Colour

#873A4D

  • #873A4D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#873A4D is a red with RGB values 135, 58, 77 and HSL 345°, 40%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#873A4D#873A4D
HEX#873A4D
RGBrgb(135, 58, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2275, 0.302
RGB percentages52.9%, 22.7%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(345.2, 39.9%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345.2, 57%, 52.9%)
CMYK0%, 57%, 43%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,862,285
CSS custom property--colour: #873A4D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#78C5B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#494A4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D594Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#923241no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 26.8Pale violetred · ΔE 27.6Brown · ΔE 29.7Sienna · ΔE 32.4Rosy brown · ΔE 33.4Light coral · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 26.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A8774
Analogous#873A73, #874E3A
Triadic#4D873A, #3A4D87
Split complementary#3A874E, #3A7387
Tetradic#73873A, #3A8774, #4E3A87

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDB0BB
Lighter +30%#CE8C9C
Lighter +20%#BE697E
Lighter +10%#AB4961
Darker −10%#632B39
Darker −20%#401B24
Darker −30%#1C0C10
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9F2241
Less saturated −25%#6F5259

Channel breakdown

R135
G58
B77
Red135 (52.9%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue345.19°
Saturation (HSL)39.9%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 87 · G 3A · B 4D

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