Recognised as Colour

#8A163D

#8A163D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A163D is a red with RGB values 138, 22, 61 and HSL 340°, 72%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A163D

RGBrgb(138, 22, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0863, 0.2392

RGB percentages54.1%, 8.6%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(339.8, 72.5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.8, 84.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 84.1%, 55.8%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,049,661

CSS custom property--colour: #8A163D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.28:1

Contrast with white9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#75E9C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#37383Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#544F3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Tritanopia#970028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.8 Indian red · ΔE 27.5 Maroon · ΔE 30.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.5 Firebrick · ΔE 31.8 Dark red · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#168A63

Analogous#8A1677, #8A2916

Triadic#3D8A16, #163D8A

Split complementary#168A29, #16778A

Tetradic#778A16, #168A63, #29168A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB81A5

Lighter +30%#E45585

Lighter +20%#DD2966

Lighter +10%#B61D50

Darker −10%#5E0F2A

Darker −20%#320816

Darker −30%#060103

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E0236

Less saturated −25%#762A44

Channel breakdown

R138

G22

B61

Red138 (54.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue339.83°

Saturation (HSL)72.5%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 16 · B 3D

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