Recognised as Colour

#8B4041

#8B4041
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8B4041 is a red with RGB values 139, 64, 65 and HSL 359°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8B4041

RGBrgb(139, 64, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.251, 0.2549

RGB percentages54.5%, 25.1%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(359.2, 36.9%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.2, 54%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 54%, 53.2%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,125,953

CSS custom property--colour: #8B4041;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.22:1

Contrast with white7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#74BFBE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514D41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#645D3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Tritanopia#973541no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.1 Sienna · ΔE 22.2 Brown · ΔE 23.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.9 Maroon · ΔE 30.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#408B8A

Analogous#8B4066, #8B6440

Triadic#418B40, #40418B

Split complementary#408B64, #40668B

Tetradic#678B40, #408B8A, #65408B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFB8B9

Lighter +30%#CE9696

Lighter +20%#BE7374

Lighter +10%#AE5051

Darker −10%#683031

Darker −20%#452020

Darker −30%#221010

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A42728

Less saturated −25%#72595A

Channel breakdown

R139

G64

B65

Red139 (54.5%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue359.2°

Saturation (HSL)36.95%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 40 · B 41

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