Recognised as Colour

#8B4E46

#8B4E46
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#8B4E46 is a red with RGB values 139, 78, 70 and HSL 7°, 33%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#8B4E46

RGBrgb(139, 78, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.3059, 0.2745

RGB percentages54.5%, 30.6%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(7, 33%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7, 49.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 43.9%, 49.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,129,542

CSS custom property--colour: #8B4E46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.41:1

Contrast with white6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#74B1B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5745no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6445no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Tritanopia#97454Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 20.5 Indian red · ΔE 24.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.3 Brown · ΔE 29 Dim grey · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 20.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#46838B

Analogous#8B4661, #8B7146

Triadic#468B4E, #4E468B

Split complementary#468B71, #46608B

Tetradic#618B46, #46838B, #71468B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFC2BE

Lighter +30%#CDA29D

Lighter +20%#BC827B

Lighter +10%#AB6259

Darker −10%#693B35

Darker −20%#472824

Darker −30%#251513

Darker −40%#030202

More saturated +25%#A53A2C

Less saturated −25%#716260

Channel breakdown

R139

G78

B70

Red139 (54.5%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue6.96°

Saturation (HSL)33.01%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 4E · B 46

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Colour harmonies

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