Recognised as Colour

#8A363C

#8A363C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8A363C is a red with RGB values 138, 54, 60 and HSL 356°, 44%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8A363C

RGBrgb(138, 54, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.2118, 0.2353

RGB percentages54.1%, 21.2%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(355.7, 43.7%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 60.9%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 60.9%, 56.5%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,057,852

CSS custom property--colour: #8A363C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.85:1

Contrast with white7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#75C9C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A473Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F583Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#972839no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.8 Indian red · ΔE 21.8 Sienna · ΔE 23.8 Maroon · ΔE 27.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.1 Firebrick · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#368A84

Analogous#8A3666, #8A5A36

Triadic#3C8A36, #363C8A

Split complementary#368A5A, #36668A

Tetradic#668A36, #368A84, #5A368A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFADB1

Lighter +30%#D1888E

Lighter +20%#C2646A

Lighter +10%#AF444C

Darker −10%#65282C

Darker −20%#41191C

Darker −30%#1C0B0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A21E27

Less saturated −25%#724E51

Channel breakdown

R138

G54

B60

Red138 (54.1%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue355.71°

Saturation (HSL)43.75%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 36 · B 3C

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