Recognised as Colour

#8B241A

#8B241A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8B241A is a red with RGB values 139, 36, 26 and HSL 5°, 68%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8B241A

RGBrgb(139, 36, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1412, 0.102

RGB percentages54.5%, 14.1%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(5.3, 68.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 81.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 74.1%, 81.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,118,746

CSS custom property--colour: #8B241A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1

Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#74DBE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433C18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5215no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Tritanopia#9A0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.4 Maroon · ΔE 10.1 Dark red · ΔE 13 Firebrick · ΔE 16.4 Sienna · ΔE 18.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A818B

Analogous#8B1A48, #8B5D1A

Triadic#1A8B24, #241A8B

Split complementary#1A8B5D, #1A488B

Tetradic#488B1A, #1A818B, #5D1A8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E99188

Lighter +30%#E1695D

Lighter +20%#D94132

Lighter +10%#B62F22

Darker −10%#601912

Darker −20%#350E0A

Darker −30%#0A0302

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A01305

Less saturated −25%#76352F

Channel breakdown

R139

G36

B26

Red139 (54.5%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue5.31°

Saturation (HSL)68.48%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 24 · B 1A

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