Recognised as Colour

#8A202B

#8A202B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A202B is a red with RGB values 138, 32, 43 and HSL 354°, 62%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A202B

RGBrgb(138, 32, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1255, 0.1686

RGB percentages54.1%, 12.5%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(353.8, 62.4%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 76.8%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 76.8%, 68.8%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,052,203

CSS custom property--colour: #8A202B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1

Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#75DFD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3A2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#595128no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Tritanopia#980025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 12.9 Maroon · ΔE 18.4 Dark red · ΔE 21.7 Firebrick · ΔE 21.9 Indian red · ΔE 22.5 Sienna · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 12.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#208A7F

Analogous#8A2060, #8A4A20

Triadic#2B8A20, #202B8A

Split complementary#208A4A, #20608A

Tetradic#608A20, #208A7F, #4A208A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E59199

Lighter +30%#DC6773

Lighter +20%#D23E4D

Lighter +10%#B32A38

Darker −10%#61161E

Darker −20%#370D11

Darker −30%#0E0304

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F0B1A

Less saturated −25%#75353C

Channel breakdown

R138

G32

B43

Red138 (54.1%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue353.77°

Saturation (HSL)62.35%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 20 · B 2B

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