Recognised as Colour

#8B474D

#8B474D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8B474D is a red with RGB values 139, 71, 77 and HSL 355°, 32%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8B474D

RGBrgb(139, 71, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.2784, 0.302

RGB percentages54.5%, 27.8%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(354.7, 32.4%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.7, 48.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 48.9%, 44.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,127,757

CSS custom property--colour: #8B474D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.76:1

Contrast with white6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#74B8B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#55534Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#66604Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Tritanopia#963F49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 24.6 Sienna · ΔE 26.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 27.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.6 Brown · ΔE 29.1 Dim grey · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 24.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#478B85

Analogous#8B476F, #8B6347

Triadic#4D8B47, #474D8B

Split complementary#478B63, #476F8B

Tetradic#6F8B47, #478B85, #63478B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFBFC2

Lighter +30%#CD9EA2

Lighter +20%#BC7C82

Lighter +10%#AB5A61

Darker −10%#69363A

Darker −20%#472528

Darker −30%#261315

Darker −40%#040202

More saturated +25%#A52D37

Less saturated −25%#716163

Channel breakdown

R139

G71

B77

Red139 (54.5%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue354.71°

Saturation (HSL)32.38%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 47 · B 4D

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