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Recognised as Colour

#8C4147

  • #8C4147
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#8C4147 is a red with RGB values 140, 65, 71 and HSL 355°, 37%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8C4147#8C4147
HEX#8C4147
RGBrgb(140, 65, 71)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2549, 0.2784
RGB percentages54.9%, 25.5%, 27.8%
HSLhsl(355.2, 36.6%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.2, 53.6%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 53.6%, 49.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,191,751
CSS custom property--colour: #8C4147;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#73BEB8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#514F47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#645E45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#983743no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.7Sienna · ΔE 25Brown · ΔE 25.6Pale violetred · ΔE 28.8Saddle brown · ΔE 29.9Rosy brown · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#418C86
Analogous#8C416C, #8C6141
Triadic#478C41, #41478C
Split complementary#418C61, #416C8C
Tetradic#6D8C41, #418C86, #61418C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFBABD
Lighter +30%#CF979C
Lighter +20%#BF747A
Lighter +10%#AE5259
Darker −10%#693135
Darker −20%#462124
Darker −30%#241012
Darker −40%#010000
More saturated +25%#A62731
Less saturated −25%#725B5D

Channel breakdown

R140
G65
B71
Red140 (54.9%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue71 (27.8%)
Hue355.2°
Saturation (HSL)36.59%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 41 · B 47

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