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Recognised as Colour

#863C48

  • #863C48
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#863C48 is a red with RGB values 134, 60, 72 and HSL 350°, 38%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#863C48#863C48
HEX#863C48
RGBrgb(134, 60, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.2353, 0.2824
RGB percentages52.5%, 23.5%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(350.3, 38.1%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(350.3, 55.2%, 52.5%)
CMYK0%, 55.2%, 46.3%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,797,256
CSS custom property--colour: #863C48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#79C3B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B4A48no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5946no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#913341no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 25.6Brown · ΔE 28.1Sienna · ΔE 28.9Pale violetred · ΔE 29.1Rosy brown · ΔE 32.3Saddle brown · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 25.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C867A
Analogous#863C6D, #86553C
Triadic#48863C, #3C4886
Split complementary#3C8655, #3C6D86
Tetradic#6D863C, #3C867A, #553C86

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCB2B9
Lighter +30%#CD8E98
Lighter +20%#BD6B78
Lighter +10%#A94C5B
Darker −10%#632C35
Darker −20%#401C22
Darker −30%#1C0D0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9E2438
Less saturated −25%#6E5458

Channel breakdown

R134
G60
B72
Red134 (52.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue350.27°
Saturation (HSL)38.14%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 86 · G 3C · B 48

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