Colour

#8C4345

#8C4345
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8C4345 is a red with RGB values 140, 67, 69 and HSL 358°, 35%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8C4345

RGBrgb(140, 67, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2627, 0.2706

RGB percentages54.9%, 26.3%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(358.4, 35.3%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.4, 52.1%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 52.1%, 50.7%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,192,261

CSS custom property--colour: #8C4345;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10019WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#73BCBA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#535045no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#655F44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Tritanopia#983944no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.4 Sienna · ΔE 23.1 Brown · ΔE 25.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 28 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#438C8A

Analogous#8C4369, #8C6543

Triadic#458C43, #43458C

Split complementary#438C65, #43698C

Tetradic#6A8C43, #438C8A, #66438C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFBCBD

Lighter +30%#CE9A9B

Lighter +20%#BE7779

Lighter +10%#AD5557

Darker −10%#6A3234

Darker −20%#472223

Darker −30%#251112

Darker −40%#020101

More saturated +25%#A6292D

Less saturated −25%#725D5D

Channel breakdown

R140

G67

B69

Red140 (54.9%)

Green67 (26.3%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue358.36°

Saturation (HSL)35.27%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 43 · B 45

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