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Recognised as Colour

#8B375E

  • #8B375E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#8B375E is a red with RGB values 139, 55, 94 and HSL 332°, 43%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#8B375E#8B375E
HEX#8B375E
RGBrgb(139, 55, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2157, 0.3686
RGB percentages54.5%, 21.6%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(332.1, 43.3%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332.1, 60.4%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 60.4%, 32.4%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,123,678
CSS custom property--colour: #8B375E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#74C8A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#434B5Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A5A5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#953246no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 25.7Indian red · ΔE 32.6Medium violet red · ΔE 33.8Brown · ΔE 36.9Purple · ΔE 37.2Rosy brown · ΔE 37.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 25.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#378B64
Analogous#8B3788, #8B3A37
Triadic#5E8B37, #375E8B
Split complementary#378B3A, #37888B
Tetradic#888B37, #378B64, #3A378B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFAFC5
Lighter +30%#D18AAB
Lighter +20%#C26691
Lighter +10%#B04577
Darker −10%#662945
Darker −20%#421A2D
Darker −30%#1D0C14
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A31F5C
Less saturated −25%#734F60

Channel breakdown

R139
G55
B94
Red139 (54.5%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue332.14°
Saturation (HSL)43.3%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 37 · B 5E

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