Recognised as Colour

#8A261B

#8A261B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A261B is a red with RGB values 138, 38, 27 and HSL 6°, 67%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A261B

RGBrgb(138, 38, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.149, 0.1059

RGB percentages54.1%, 14.9%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(5.9, 67.3%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.9, 80.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 72.5%, 80.4%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,053,723

CSS custom property--colour: #8A261B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.85:1

Contrast with white8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#75D9E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433C19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5217no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Tritanopia#980024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.1 Maroon · ΔE 11.1 Dark red · ΔE 14.1 Firebrick · ΔE 17.4 Sienna · ΔE 17.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B7F8A

Analogous#8A1B48, #8A5D1B

Triadic#1B8A26, #261B8A

Split complementary#1B8A5D, #1B488A

Tetradic#488A1B, #1B7F8A, #5D1B8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E89289

Lighter +30%#E06B5E

Lighter +20%#D74434

Lighter +10%#B53223

Darker −10%#5F1A13

Darker −20%#350F0A

Darker −30%#0A0302

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9F1506

Less saturated −25%#753730

Channel breakdown

R138

G38

B27

Red138 (54.1%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue5.95°

Saturation (HSL)67.27%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 26 · B 1B

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