HEX Color #832442 (Brown)

About #832442

The precise color #832442 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Brown. Its digital footprint relies on 131 parts red, 36 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 73% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 341.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#832442

RGB131, 36, 66

HSL341.1°, 56.9%, 32.7%

CMYK0%, 73%, 50%, 49%

HSV341.1°, 72.5%, 51.4%

LAB30.6, 42.6, 5.0

XYZ11.0, 6.5, 5.8

Decimal8594498

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#832442 #238364

Analogous

#832371 #833523

Triadic

#428323 #234283

Tetradic

#718323 #238364 #352383

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#832442

#903C57

#9E546C

#AC6D81

#BA8596

#C79DAB

#D5B6C0

#E3CED5

#F1E6EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#832442

#74203A

#651C33

#57182C

#481424

#3A101D

#2B0C16

#1D080E

#0E0407

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.15:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.30:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

8.74:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.95:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #832442; }

.text-color { color: #832442; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #832442; }

Similar Colors

Brown

#A52A2A