Recognised as Colour

#8C102B

#8C102B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8C102B is a red with RGB values 140, 16, 43 and HSL 347°, 79%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8C102B#8C102B

HEX#8C102B

RGBrgb(140, 16, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0627, 0.1686

RGB percentages54.9%, 6.3%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(346.9, 79.5%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.9, 88.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 88.6%, 69.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,179,179

CSS custom property--colour: #8C102B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.44:1

Contrast with white9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#73EFD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#39362Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#574F27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original

Tritanopia#9A001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 13.7 Maroon · ΔE 19.3 Firebrick · ΔE 21.5 Dark red · ΔE 22 Indian red · ΔE 24.3 Sienna · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#108C71

Analogous#8C1069, #8C3310

Triadic#2B8C10, #102B8C

Split complementary#108C33, #10698C

Tetradic#698C10, #108C71, #33108C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F07892

Lighter +30%#EA4B6D

Lighter +20%#E51D48

Lighter +10%#BA1539

Darker −10%#5E0B1D

Darker −20%#30060F

Darker −30%#030001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9C0022

Less saturated −25%#792436

Channel breakdown

R140

G16

B43

Red140 (54.9%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue346.94°

Saturation (HSL)79.49%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 10 · B 2B

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