Recognised as Colour

#8A454F

#8A454F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8A454F is a red with RGB values 138, 69, 79 and HSL 351°, 33%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8A454F#8A454F

HEX#8A454F

RGBrgb(138, 69, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.2706, 0.3098

RGB percentages54.1%, 27.1%, 31%

HSLhsl(351.3, 33.3%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 50%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 42.8%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,061,711

CSS custom property--colour: #8A454F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.9:1

Contrast with white6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#545454

Inverted#75BAB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52524Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#645F4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#953D49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 25.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.9 Sienna · ΔE 28.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.7 Brown · ΔE 30 Dim grey · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 25.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#458A80

Analogous#8A4571, #8A5D45

Triadic#4F8A45, #454F8A

Split complementary#458A5E, #45718A

Tetradic#728A45, #458A80, #5E458A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEBDC2

Lighter +30%#CD9BA2

Lighter +20%#BC7983

Lighter +10%#AB5763

Darker −10%#68343C

Darker −20%#462328

Darker −30%#241215

Darker −40%#020101

More saturated +25%#A42B3D

Less saturated −25%#705F61

Channel breakdown

R138

G69

B79

Red138 (54.1%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue351.3°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 45 · B 4F

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