#802321

sRGB: 128 / 35 / 33

#802321 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 128 red, 35 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 1.3° lands in the red region. Its 59.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.63:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 128, 35, 33
HSL: 1.26°, 59.01%, 31.57%
HSV / HSB: 1.26°, 74.22%, 50.20%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 72.66%, 74.22%, 49.80%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 9.777, 5.902, 2.063
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 29.163, 39.609, 24.551
WCAG relative luminance: 0.05901
24-bit decimal: 8397601

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #802321 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 2.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 9.63:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#217E80 sits half a turn (180°) from #802321 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#802321 #217E80

Analogous

#80214F and #805221 sit 30° to either side of #802321. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#80214F #802321 #805221

Triadic

#802321, #218023 and #232180 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#802321 #218023 #232180

Split complementary

Start at #802321 and look across the wheel. #218052 and #214E80 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#802321 #218052 #214E80

Square

Starting with #802321, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4F8021, #217E80, then #532180. Across the square, #802321 pairs with #217E80, and #4F8021 with #532180.

#802321 #4F8021 #217E80 #532180

Tetradic

#802321 and #217E80 are opposites, as are #7E8021 and #232180. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#802321 #7E8021 #217E80 #232180

Tints

Mixing #802321 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #994F4D, keeps 80% of the original. By #E6D3D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#802321 #994F4D #B37B7A #CCA7A6 #E6D3D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #802321 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #661C1A, keeps 80% of the original. By #1A0707, the mixture is 80% black.

#802321 #661C1A #4D1514 #330E0D #1A0707 #000000

Tones

Mixing #802321 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #803634, keeps 80% of the original. By #806D6D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#802321 #803634 #804847 #805B5A #806D6D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#802321

RGB

rgb(128 35 33)

HSL

hsl(1.263 59.006% 31.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #802321;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#802321 uses 128 red, 35 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 50.2%

Green 13.7%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #802321 is 0.0% cyan, 72.7% magenta, 74.2% yellow and 49.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 72.7%

Yellow 74.2%

Black 49.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #882222. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #822 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #802321 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #993333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #882222 Nearest web-safe: #993333

Gradient to complement

#802321 #703231 #604141 #515151 #416060 #316F70 #217E80

Color vision previews

Compare how #802321 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#3E3820

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#554C1E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8D0324

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5C351F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#63411E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#812123

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#454545

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#683736

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.21586 G 0.01681 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.46198 G 0.16574 B 0.14623

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.18052 G 0.02341 B 0.01875

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.551 y 0.333 Y 5.902

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 49.804 M % 86.275 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000000 00100011 00100001