Recognised as Colour

#8A2E30

#8A2E30
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A2E30 is a red with RGB values 138, 46, 48 and HSL 359°, 50%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8A2E30#8A2E30

HEX#8A2E30

RGBrgb(138, 46, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.1804, 0.1882

RGB percentages54.1%, 18%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(358.7, 50%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.7, 66.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 65.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,055,792

CSS custom property--colour: #8A2E30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.35:1

Contrast with white8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#75D1CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#46412Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D552Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#971930no 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 text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.3 Indian red · ΔE 21.2 Sienna · ΔE 21.2 Maroon · ΔE 21.2 Dark red · ΔE 24.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E8A88

Analogous#8A2E5E, #8A5A2E

Triadic#308A2E, #2E308A

Split complementary#2E8A5A, #2E5E8A

Tetradic#5E8A2E, #2E8A88, #5A2E8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1A3A5

Lighter +30%#D47D7F

Lighter +20%#C75759

Lighter +10%#B03B3D

Darker −10%#642123

Darker −20%#3D1515

Darker −30%#170808

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A1171A

Less saturated −25%#734546

Channel breakdown

R138

G46

B48

Red138 (54.1%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue358.7°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 2E · B 30

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