Recognised as Colour

#8C394E

#8C394E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8C394E is a red with RGB values 140, 57, 78 and HSL 345°, 42%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8C394E

RGBrgb(140, 57, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2235, 0.3059

RGB percentages54.9%, 22.4%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(344.8, 42.1%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.8, 59.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 59.3%, 44.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,189,710

CSS custom property--colour: #8C394E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.47:1

Contrast with white7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#73C6B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494B4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5B4Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Tritanopia#982F41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 25.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 26.3 Brown · ΔE 28.2 Sienna · ΔE 32.4 Light coral · ΔE 33.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 25.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#398C77

Analogous#8C3978, #8C4D39

Triadic#4E8C39, #394E8C

Split complementary#398C4D, #39788C

Tetradic#788C39, #398C77, #4D398C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFB2BD

Lighter +30%#D18D9E

Lighter +20%#C26980

Lighter +10%#B04862

Darker −10%#682A3A

Darker −20%#441B26

Darker −30%#1F0D11

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A52042

Less saturated −25%#73525A

Channel breakdown

R140

G57

B78

Red140 (54.9%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue344.82°

Saturation (HSL)42.13%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 39 · B 4E

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