Recognised as Colour

#8B353A

#8B353A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8B353A is a red with RGB values 139, 53, 58 and HSL 357°, 45%, 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#8B353A

RGBrgb(139, 53, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2078, 0.2275

RGB percentages54.5%, 20.8%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(356.5, 44.8%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 61.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 61.9%, 58.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,123,130

CSS custom property--colour: #8B353A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08341WCAG 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 7.87:1

Contrast with white7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#74CAC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A463Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#605838no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#982637no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.5 Indian red · ΔE 21.2 Sienna · ΔE 23 Maroon · ΔE 26.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.3 Firebrick · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#358B86

Analogous#8B3565, #8B5B35

Triadic#3A8B35, #353A8B

Split complementary#358B5B, #35658B

Tetradic#658B35, #358B86, #5B358B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0ACAF

Lighter +30%#D1888C

Lighter +20%#C36368

Lighter +10%#B04349

Darker −10%#66272B

Darker −20%#41191B

Darker −30%#1C0B0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A31D25

Less saturated −25%#734D4F

Channel breakdown

R139

G53

B58

Red139 (54.5%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue356.51°

Saturation (HSL)44.79%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 35 · B 3A

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