Recognised as Colour

#8A1726

#8A1726
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A1726 is a red with RGB values 138, 23, 38 and HSL 352°, 71%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8A1726#8A1726

HEX#8A1726

RGBrgb(138, 23, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0902, 0.149

RGB percentages54.1%, 9%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(352.2, 71.4%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.2, 83.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 72.5%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,049,894

CSS custom property--colour: #8A1726;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#75E8D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3726no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#574F22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Tritanopia#98001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.3 Maroon · ΔE 16 Dark red · ΔE 19.1 Firebrick · ΔE 19.7 Indian red · ΔE 23.7 Sienna · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#178A7B

Analogous#8A1760, #8A4217

Triadic#268A17, #17268A

Split complementary#178A42, #17608A

Tetradic#608A17, #178A7B, #41178A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA8390

Lighter +30%#E35769

Lighter +20%#DC2B42

Lighter +10%#B61E32

Darker −10%#5E101A

Darker −20%#33080E

Darker −30%#070102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E0317

Less saturated −25%#762B35

Channel breakdown

R138

G23

B38

Red138 (54.1%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue352.17°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 17 · B 26

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