HEX atlas value

#820503

#820503 is a warm red HEX color close to Maroon. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 130, 5, 3, HSL 1, 95%, 26%, has luminance 0.0486, and belongs to the balanced group.

red warm balanced

#820503 Sample readable text

HEX #820503

RGB rgb(130, 5, 3)

HSL hsl(1 95% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 96, 98, 49)

Luminance 0.0486

Contrast Black 1.97:1White 10.65:1

CSS

--color-820503: #820503;
.background-820503 { background-color: #820503; }
.text-820503 { color: #820503; }

Luminance0.0486

Black text1.97:1AA Fail

White text10.65:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#820503","rgb":[130,5,3],"hsl":[1,95,26],"cmyk":[0,96,98,49],"luminance":0.0486,"contrast":{"black":1.97,"white":10.65}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.97,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":10.65,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#280201","hex":"#280201","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.1,"contrastWhite":19.09,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#731412","hex":"#731412","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.84,"contrastWhite":11.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Barn Red","hex":"#7C0A02","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.9,"contrastWhite":11.04,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Maroon","hex":"#800000","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.92,"contrastWhite":10.95,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#850200","hex":"#850200","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.01,"contrastWhite":10.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Maroon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/820503.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/maroon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/barn-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-red.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#037F81","analogous":["#810340","#814403"],"triadic":["#038105","#050381"],"tetradic":["#408103","#037F81","#440381"],"splitComplementary":["#038144","#034081"],"monochromatic":["#DB0906","#820503","#280201"]}

Variants

{"light":"#DB0906","dark":"#280201","saturated":"#850200","desaturated":"#731412","pastel":"#E6211E","neon":"#AD0300"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"maroon","name":"Maroon","hex":"#800000","distance":6.164414002968976},{"slug":"barn-red","name":"Barn Red","hex":"#7C0A02","distance":7.874007874011811},{"slug":"dark-red","name":"Dark Red","hex":"#8B0000","distance":10.723805294763608},{"slug":"crimson-red","name":"Crimson Red","hex":"#990000","distance":23.727621035409346},{"slug":"carmine","name":"Carmine","hex":"#960018","distance":29.427877939124322}]

HEX meaning and use

About #820503

#820503 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #820503 is visually closest to Maroon, a named red color with HEX #800000.

The RGB channels are 130, 5, and 3, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 1deg with 95% saturation and 26% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.0486, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.16, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.97:1AA Fail

White text10.65:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #820503 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.97:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF10.65:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#280201#FFFFFF text · best 19.09:1#280201

#731412#FFFFFF text · best 11.43:1#731412

Barn Red#FFFFFF text · best 11.04:1#7C0A02

Maroon#FFFFFF text · best 10.95:1#800000

#850200#FFFFFF text · best 10.47:1#850200

Generated Palette

#820503#820503

#037F81#037F81

#810340#810340

#814403#814403

#DB0906#DB0906

#280201#280201

Color Harmonies

#037F81#037F81

#810340#810340

#814403#814403

#038105#038105

#050381#050381

Variants

#DB0906#DB0906

#280201#280201

#850200#850200

#731412#731412

#E6211E#E6211E

#AD0300#AD0300

Nearest Named Colors

Maroon#800000

Barn Red#7C0A02

Dark Red#8B0000

Crimson Red#990000

Carmine#960018

#820503

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #820503

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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