Recognised as Colour

#8C462F

#8C462F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#8C462F is a red with RGB values 140, 70, 47 and HSL 15°, 50%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#8C462F

RGBrgb(140, 70, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2745, 0.1843

RGB percentages54.9%, 27.5%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(14.8, 49.7%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(14.8, 66.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 66.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,193,007

CSS custom property--colour: #8C462F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1

Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#73B9D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#58502Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#69602Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Tritanopia#993941no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 13.9 Brown · ΔE 22.3 Indian red · ΔE 23.5 Maroon · ΔE 26.3 Dark red · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F758C

Analogous#8C2F47, #8C752F

Triadic#2F8C46, #462F8C

Split complementary#2F8C75, #2F468C

Tetradic#468C2F, #2F758C, #742F8C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1B5A6

Lighter +30%#D49580

Lighter +20%#C7755A

Lighter +10%#B2593C

Darker −10%#663322

Darker −20%#402015

Darker −30%#190D09

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A33A18

Less saturated −25%#755246

Channel breakdown

R140

G70

B47

Red140 (54.9%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue14.84°

Saturation (HSL)49.73%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 46 · B 2F

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