Recognised as Colour

#8C331D

#8C331D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#8C331D is a red with RGB values 140, 51, 29 and HSL 12°, 66%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#8C331D#8C331D

HEX#8C331D

RGBrgb(140, 51, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2, 0.1137

RGB percentages54.9%, 20%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(11.9, 65.7%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.9, 79.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 79.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,188,125

CSS custom property--colour: #8C331D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.06:1

Contrast with white8.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#73CCE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C441Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#62571Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9A1D2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 12.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 13.4 Brown · ΔE 13.7 Maroon · ΔE 15.1 Dark red · ΔE 17.7 Firebrick · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 12.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D768C

Analogous#8C1D3F, #8C6A1D

Triadic#1D8C33, #331D8C

Split complementary#1D8C6A, #1D3F8C

Tetradic#3F8C1D, #1D768C, #6A1D8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E79F8E

Lighter +30%#DF7C63

Lighter +20%#D65839

Lighter +10%#B64226

Darker −10%#622414

Darker −20%#38140B

Darker −30%#0D0503

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A12608

Less saturated −25%#774032

Channel breakdown

R140

G51

B29

Red140 (54.9%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue11.89°

Saturation (HSL)65.68%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 33 · B 1D

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