Colour

#8C032B

#8C032B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8C032B is a red with RGB values 140, 3, 43 and HSL 342°, 96%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8C032B#8C032B

HEX#8C032B

RGBrgb(140, 3, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0118, 0.1686

RGB percentages54.9%, 1.2%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(342.5, 95.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 97.9%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 97.9%, 69.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,175,851

CSS custom property--colour: #8C032B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.71:1

Contrast with white9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#73FCD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35332Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#554E27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9A0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.1 Maroon · ΔE 20.4 Firebrick · ΔE 22.1 Dark red · ΔE 23 Indian red · ΔE 25.8 Crimson · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#038C64

Analogous#8C036F, #8C2003

Triadic#2B8C03, #032B8C

Split complementary#038C20, #036F8C

Tetradic#6F8C03, #038C64, #20038C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC5F8D

Lighter +30%#FB2D69

Lighter +20%#F0054A

Lighter +10%#BE043A

Darker −10%#5A021C

Darker −20%#28010C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F002A

Less saturated −25%#7A1532

Channel breakdown

R140

B43

Red140 (54.9%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue342.48°

Saturation (HSL)95.8%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 03 · B 2B

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