Colour

#8A144F

#8A144F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#8A144F is a red with RGB values 138, 20, 79 and HSL 330°, 75%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#8A144F

RGBrgb(138, 20, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0784, 0.3098

RGB percentages54.1%, 7.8%, 31%

HSLhsl(330, 74.7%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 85.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 85.5%, 42.8%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,049,167

CSS custom property--colour: #8A144F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.16:1

Contrast with white9.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#75EBB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#303A50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#51504Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Tritanopia#960030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 27.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.8 Purple · ΔE 33.9 Brown · ΔE 34.8 Indian red · ΔE 34.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 27.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#148A4F

Analogous#8A148A, #8A1414

Triadic#4F8A14, #144F8A

Split complementary#148A14, #148A8A

Tetradic#8A8A14, #148A4F, #14148A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EC7EB5

Lighter +30%#E6519C

Lighter +20%#DF2582

Lighter +10%#B71A69

Darker −10%#5D0E36

Darker −20%#31071C

Darker −30%#040103

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E004F

Less saturated −25%#76284F

Channel breakdown

R138

G20

B79

Red138 (54.1%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)74.68%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 14 · B 4F

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