Recognised as Colour

#8A3319

#8A3319
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#8A3319 is a red with RGB values 138, 51, 25 and HSL 14°, 69%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A3319

RGBrgb(138, 51, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.2, 0.098

RGB percentages54.1%, 20%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(13.8, 69.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.8, 81.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 63%, 81.9%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,057,049

CSS custom property--colour: #8A3319;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.18:1

Contrast with white8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#75CCE6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4315no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#615616no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#981D2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 11.9 Sienna · ΔE 12 Brown · ΔE 15.1 Maroon · ΔE 15.2 Dark red · ΔE 17.6 Firebrick · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 11.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19708A

Analogous#8A1938, #8A6C19

Triadic#198A33, #33198A

Split complementary#198A6B, #19388A

Tetradic#378A19, #19708A, #6B198A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E99D86

Lighter +30%#E17A5B

Lighter +20%#D95730

Lighter +10%#B54321

Darker −10%#5F2311

Darker −20%#341309

Darker −30%#080302

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E2805

Less saturated −25%#763E2D

Channel breakdown

R138

G51

B25

Red138 (54.1%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue13.81°

Saturation (HSL)69.33%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 33 · B 19

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