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Recognised as Colour

#8B5960

  • #8B5960
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#8B5960 is a red with RGB values 139, 89, 96 and HSL 352°, 22%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#8B5960#8B5960
HEX#8B5960
RGBrgb(139, 89, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.349, 0.3765
RGB percentages54.5%, 34.9%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(351.6, 21.9%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.6, 36%, 54.5%)
CMYK0%, 36%, 30.9%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,132,384
CSS custom property--colour: #8B5960;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#74A69F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#616160no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6A5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#94555Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 20.7Dim grey · ΔE 22.1Gray · ΔE 24.3Slate grey · ΔE 29.7Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7Indian red · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 20.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#598B84
Analogous#8B5979, #8B6B59
Triadic#608B59, #59608B
Split complementary#598B6B, #59798B
Tetradic#798B59, #598B84, #6B598B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1CFD2
Lighter +30%#CDB0B4
Lighter +20%#B99197
Lighter +10%#A57279
Darker −10%#6C454B
Darker −20%#4D3135
Darker −30%#2E1D20
Darker −40%#0F090A
More saturated +25%#A73D4B
Less saturated −25%#727272

Channel breakdown

R139
G89
B96
Red139 (54.5%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue351.6°
Saturation (HSL)21.93%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8B · G 59 · B 60

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