Recognised as Colour

#892D37

#892D37
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#892D37 is a red with RGB values 137, 45, 55 and HSL 353°, 51%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#892D37

RGBrgb(137, 45, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.1765, 0.2157

RGB percentages53.7%, 17.6%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(353.5, 50.5%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.5, 67.2%, 53.7%)

CMYK0%, 67.2%, 59.9%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,990,007

CSS custom property--colour: #892D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.42:1

Contrast with white8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#76D2C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#444137no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5435no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Tritanopia#961A31no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.6 Indian red · ΔE 22.2 Maroon · ΔE 25.1 Sienna · ΔE 25.2 Firebrick · ΔE 28.1 Dark red · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D897F

Analogous#892D65, #89512D

Triadic#37892D, #2D3789

Split complementary#2D8951, #2D6589

Tetradic#65892D, #2D897F, #512D89

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0A2A8

Lighter +30%#D47B85

Lighter +20%#C75561

Lighter +10%#AF3A46

Darker −10%#632028

Darker −20%#3C1418

Darker −30%#160709

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A01625

Less saturated −25%#724449

Channel breakdown

R137

G45

B55

Red137 (53.7%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue353.48°

Saturation (HSL)50.55%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 89 · G 2D · B 37

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