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Recognised as Colour

#8B3548

  • #8B3548
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#8B3548 is a red with RGB values 139, 53, 72 and HSL 347°, 45%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8B3548#8B3548
HEX#8B3548
RGBrgb(139, 53, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2078, 0.2824
RGB percentages54.5%, 20.8%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(346.7, 44.8%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(346.7, 61.9%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 61.9%, 48.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,123,144
CSS custom property--colour: #8B3548;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#74CAB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#474848no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5946no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Tritanopia#97293Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 24.4Brown · ΔE 25.8Pale violetred · ΔE 27.5Sienna · ΔE 30.8Maroon · ΔE 33.4Light coral · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 24.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#358B78
Analogous#8B3573, #8B4D35
Triadic#488B35, #35488B
Split complementary#358B4D, #35738B
Tetradic#738B35, #358B78, #4D358B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0ACB8
Lighter +30%#D18898
Lighter +20%#C36378
Lighter +10%#B0435B
Darker −10%#662735
Darker −20%#411922
Darker −30%#1C0B0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A31D3B
Less saturated −25%#734D55

Channel breakdown

R139
G53
B72
Red139 (54.5%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue346.74°
Saturation (HSL)44.79%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 35 · B 48

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