Recognised as Colour

#873C28

#873C28
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#873C28 is a red with RGB values 135, 60, 40 and HSL 13°, 54%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#873C28

RGBrgb(135, 60, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2353, 0.1569

RGB percentages52.9%, 23.5%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(12.6, 54.3%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.6, 70.4%, 52.9%)

CMYK0%, 55.6%, 70.4%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,862,760

CSS custom property--colour: #873C28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#78C3D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504826no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#625926no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#942D37no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 12 Saddle brown · ΔE 14.3 Brown · ΔE 19.5 Maroon · ΔE 22.5 Indian red · ΔE 23.8 Dark red · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#287387

Analogous#872843, #876C28

Triadic#28873C, #3C2887

Split complementary#28876C, #284387

Tetradic#438728, #287387, #6C2887

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1A99A

Lighter +30%#D58773

Lighter +20%#CA664B

Lighter +10%#AE4D34

Darker −10%#602B1C

Darker −20%#381911

Darker −30%#110805

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D2F12

Less saturated −25%#71493E

Channel breakdown

R135

G60

B40

Red135 (52.9%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue12.63°

Saturation (HSL)54.29%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 87 · G 3C · B 28

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