Recognised as Colour

#8A3925

#8A3925
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#8A3925 is a red with RGB values 138, 57, 37 and HSL 12°, 58%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#8A3925

RGBrgb(138, 57, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.2235, 0.1451

RGB percentages54.1%, 22.4%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(11.9, 57.7%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.9, 73.2%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 58.7%, 73.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,058,597

CSS custom property--colour: #8A3925;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#75C6DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F4723no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#635923no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#982835no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 11.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 13.8 Brown · ΔE 16.7 Maroon · ΔE 19.6 Dark red · ΔE 22.5 Indian red · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25768A

Analogous#8A2543, #8A6C25

Triadic#258A39, #39258A

Split complementary#258A6C, #25438A

Tetradic#438A25, #25768A, #6C258A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3A798

Lighter +30%#D9846F

Lighter +20%#CE6247

Lighter +10%#B24A30

Darker −10%#62281A

Darker −20%#3A180F

Darker −30%#110705

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A02C0F

Less saturated −25%#74463B

Channel breakdown

R138

G57

B37

Red138 (54.1%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue11.88°

Saturation (HSL)57.71%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 39 · B 25

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