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Recognised as Colour

#8B4150

  • #8B4150
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#8B4150 is a red with RGB values 139, 65, 80 and HSL 348°, 36%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8B4150#8B4150
HEX#8B4150
RGBrgb(139, 65, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2549, 0.3137
RGB percentages54.5%, 25.5%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(347.8, 36.3%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(347.8, 53.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 53.2%, 42.4%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,126,224
CSS custom property--colour: #8B4150;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.07:1
Contrast with white7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#74BEAF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F4F50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#625E4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#963947no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 25.4Pale violetred · ΔE 26.8Brown · ΔE 29.6Sienna · ΔE 30.5Rosy brown · ΔE 30.6Light coral · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 25.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#418B7C
Analogous#8B4175, #8B5741
Triadic#508B41, #41508B
Split complementary#418B57, #41758B
Tetradic#758B41, #418B7C, #57418B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFBAC1
Lighter +30%#CE97A2
Lighter +20%#BE7483
Lighter +10%#AE5164
Darker −10%#68313C
Darker −20%#462128
Darker −30%#231014
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A52841
Less saturated −25%#725B5F

Channel breakdown

R139
G65
B80
Red139 (54.5%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue347.84°
Saturation (HSL)36.27%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 41 · B 50

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