Colour

#89270C

#89270C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#89270C is a red with RGB values 137, 39, 12 and HSL 13°, 84%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#89270C#89270C

HEX#89270C

RGBrgb(137, 39, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.1529, 0.0471

RGB percentages53.7%, 15.3%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(13, 83.9%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13, 91.2%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 71.5%, 91.2%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,988,428

CSS custom property--colour: #89270C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.9:1

Contrast with white8.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#76D8F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#453C06no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5205no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#980022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 9.6 Dark red · ΔE 11.4 Brown · ΔE 13.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.4 Sienna · ΔE 17 Firebrick · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C6E89

Analogous#890C30, #89650C

Triadic#0C8927, #270C89

Split complementary#0C8966, #0C2F89

Tetradic#2F890C, #0C6E89, #660C89

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F28B6F

Lighter +30%#EE6540

Lighter +20%#E74214

Lighter +10%#B83410

Darker −10%#5A1A08

Darker −20%#2B0C04

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#952000

Less saturated −25%#76321F

Channel breakdown

R137

G39

B12

Red137 (53.7%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue12.96°

Saturation (HSL)83.89%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 27 · B 0C

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