Colour

#8A290F

#8A290F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#8A290F is a red with RGB values 138, 41, 15 and HSL 13°, 80%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#8A290F#8A290F

HEX#8A290F

RGBrgb(138, 41, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1608, 0.0588

RGB percentages54.1%, 16.1%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(12.7, 80.4%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.7, 89.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 70.3%, 89.1%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,054,479

CSS custom property--colour: #8A290F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.73:1

Contrast with white8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#75D6F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#463D0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5308no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#990524no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 10.2 Dark red · ΔE 12.1 Brown · ΔE 13.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 15 Sienna · ΔE 16.2 Firebrick · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F708A

Analogous#8A0F32, #8A670F

Triadic#0F8A29, #290F8A

Split complementary#0F8A67, #0F328A

Tetradic#328A0F, #0F708A, #670F8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F08F75

Lighter +30%#EB6A47

Lighter +20%#E64419

Lighter +10%#B83714

Darker −10%#5C1B0A

Darker −20%#2E0E05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#992000

Less saturated −25%#773422

Channel breakdown

R138

G41

B15

Red138 (54.1%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue12.68°

Saturation (HSL)80.39%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 29 · B 0F

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