Colour

#8B224C

#8B224C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#8B224C is a red with RGB values 139, 34, 76 and HSL 336°, 61%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

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HEX#8B224C

RGBrgb(139, 34, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1333, 0.298

RGB percentages54.5%, 13.3%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(336, 60.7%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336, 75.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 75.5%, 45.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,118,284

CSS custom property--colour: #8B224C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.64:1

Contrast with white8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#74DDB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393F4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#56534Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#971034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 28.4 Indian red · ΔE 30.1 Brown · ΔE 30.3 Medium violet red · ΔE 31.6 Maroon · ΔE 37.8 Firebrick · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 28.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#228B61

Analogous#8B2281, #8B2C22

Triadic#4C8B22, #224C8B

Split complementary#228B2C, #22808B

Tetradic#808B22, #228B61, #2C228B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E594B4

Lighter +30%#DB6B98

Lighter +20%#D1427B

Lighter +10%#B42C62

Darker −10%#621836

Darker −20%#390E1F

Darker −30%#100409

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A10C48

Less saturated −25%#753850

Channel breakdown

R139

G34

B76

Red139 (54.5%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue336°

Saturation (HSL)60.69%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 22 · B 4C

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