Recognised as Colour

#942A20

#942A20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#942A20 is a red with RGB values 148, 42, 32 and HSL 5°, 64%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#942A20

RGBrgb(148, 42, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.1647, 0.1255

RGB percentages58%, 16.5%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(5.2, 64.4%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.2, 78.4%, 58%)

CMYK0%, 71.6%, 78.4%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,710,112

CSS custom property--colour: #942A20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.04:1

Contrast with white8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#6BD5DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49411Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#63591Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A30229no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 7.1 Maroon · ΔE 11.5 Dark red · ΔE 13.5 Firebrick · ΔE 14.5 Sienna · ΔE 17.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#208A94

Analogous#942050, #946420

Triadic#20942A, #2A2094

Split complementary#209464, #205094

Tetradic#509420, #208A94, #642094

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E99E97

Lighter +30%#E0776D

Lighter +20%#D65044

Lighter +10%#BE3629

Darker −10%#6A1E17

Darker −20%#40120E

Darker −30%#160605

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB170A

Less saturated −25%#7E3D37

Channel breakdown

R148

G42

B32

Red148 (58%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue5.17°

Saturation (HSL)64.44%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 94 · G 2A · B 20

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