Colour

#8C334A

#8C334A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8C334A is a red with RGB values 140, 51, 74 and HSL 344°, 47%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8C334A

RGBrgb(140, 51, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2, 0.2902

RGB percentages54.9%, 20%, 29%

HSLhsl(344.5, 46.6%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.5, 63.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 47.1%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,188,170

CSS custom property--colour: #8C334A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#73CCB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#46474Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5948no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#98273Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 25 Brown · ΔE 26.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 26.9 Sienna · ΔE 32.6 Light coral · ΔE 34.2 Maroon · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#338C75

Analogous#8C3377, #8C4833

Triadic#4A8C33, #334A8C

Split complementary#338C48, #33778C

Tetradic#778C33, #338C75, #48338C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0ABB9

Lighter +30%#D38599

Lighter +20%#C5607A

Lighter +10%#B1415E

Darker −10%#672536

Darker −20%#411822

Darker −30%#1C0A0F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A41B3E

Less saturated −25%#744B56

Channel breakdown

R140

G51

B74

Red140 (54.9%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue344.49°

Saturation (HSL)46.6%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 33 · B 4A

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