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Recognised as Colour

#8C1E3E

  • #8C1E3E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#8C1E3E is a red with RGB values 140, 30, 62 and HSL 343°, 65%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8C1E3E#8C1E3E
HEX#8C1E3E
RGBrgb(140, 30, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.1176, 0.2431
RGB percentages54.9%, 11.8%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(342.5, 64.7%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 78.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 78.6%, 55.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,182,782
CSS custom property--colour: #8C1E3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#73E1C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B3C3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#58523Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Tritanopia#99002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.4Indian red · ΔE 25.6Maroon · ΔE 29.6Pale violetred · ΔE 30.4Firebrick · ΔE 30.8Dark red · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E8C6C
Analogous#8C1E75, #8C351E
Triadic#3E8C1E, #1E3E8C
Split complementary#1E8C35, #1E758C
Tetradic#758C1E, #1E8C6C, #351E8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E78FA9
Lighter +30%#DE6588
Lighter +20%#D53B68
Lighter +10%#B62751
Darker −10%#62152B
Darker −20%#380C19
Darker −30%#0E0306
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A10935
Less saturated −25%#773347

Channel breakdown

R140
G30
B62
Red140 (54.9%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue342.55°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 1E · B 3E

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