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Recognised as Colour

#8C2F01

  • #8C2F01
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Saddle brown

#8C2F01 is a orange with RGB values 140, 47, 1 and HSL 20°, 99%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#8C2F01#8C2F01
HEX#8C2F01
RGBrgb(140, 47, 1)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.1843, 0.0039
RGB percentages54.9%, 18.4%, 0.4%
HSLhsl(19.9, 98.6%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19.9, 99.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 66.4%, 99.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,187,073
CSS custom property--colour: #8C2F01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness84.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.33:1
Contrast with white8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#73D0FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B4100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#615600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B1228no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 12.7Maroon · ΔE 14.4Dark red · ΔE 14.5Sienna · ΔE 16.3Brown · ΔE 19Firebrick · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#015E8C
Analogous#8C0118, #8C7401
Triadic#018C2F, #2F018C
Split complementary#018C74, #01198C
Tetradic#198C01, #015E8C, #74018C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FE915B
Lighter +30%#FD6F29
Lighter +20%#F15102
Lighter +10%#BF4001
Darker −10%#591E01
Darker −20%#270D00
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8D2F00
Less saturated −25%#7A3513

Channel breakdown

R140
G47
B1
Red140 (54.9%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue1 (0.4%)
Hue19.86°
Saturation (HSL)98.58%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 2F · B 01

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