Recognised as Colour

#8B3243

#8B3243
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8B3243 is a red with RGB values 139, 50, 67 and HSL 349°, 47%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8B3243#8B3243

HEX#8B3243

RGBrgb(139, 50, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.1961, 0.2627

RGB percentages54.5%, 19.6%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(348.5, 47.1%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.5, 64%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 64%, 51.8%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,122,371

CSS custom property--colour: #8B3243;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.97:1

Contrast with white7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#74CDBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#464543no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5741no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Tritanopia#972439no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 23.3 Brown · ΔE 23.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.5 Sienna · ΔE 29.3 Maroon · ΔE 30.9 Firebrick · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 23.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#328B7A

Analogous#8B3270, #8B4D32

Triadic#438B32, #32438B

Split complementary#328B4D, #32708B

Tetradic#708B32, #328B7A, #4D328B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0A9B3

Lighter +30%#D38393

Lighter +20%#C55E72

Lighter +10%#B13F55

Darker −10%#652531

Darker −20%#40171F

Darker −30%#1A0A0D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A31A34

Less saturated −25%#734A52

Channel breakdown

R139

G50

B67

Red139 (54.5%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue348.54°

Saturation (HSL)47.09%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 32 · B 43

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