Recognised as Colour

#8A1938

#8A1938
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A1938 is a red with RGB values 138, 25, 56 and HSL 344°, 69%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A1938

RGBrgb(138, 25, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.098, 0.2196

RGB percentages54.1%, 9.8%, 22%

HSLhsl(343.5, 69.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.5, 81.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 81.9%, 59.4%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,050,424

CSS custom property--colour: #8A1938;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.22:1

Contrast with white9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#75E6C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393938no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#565035no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Tritanopia#970027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.4 Indian red · ΔE 25.5 Maroon · ΔE 27 Firebrick · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 30.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#198A6B

Analogous#8A1971, #8A3319

Triadic#388A19, #19388A

Split complementary#198A33, #19708A

Tetradic#708A19, #198A6B, #32198A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E986A1

Lighter +30%#E15B80

Lighter +20%#D9305E

Lighter +10%#B5214A

Darker −10%#5F1126

Darker −20%#340915

Darker −30%#080203

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E052F

Less saturated −25%#762D41

Channel breakdown

R138

G25

B56

Red138 (54.1%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue343.54°

Saturation (HSL)69.33%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 19 · B 38

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