Recognised as Colour

#8C474A

#8C474A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8C474A is a red with RGB values 140, 71, 74 and HSL 357°, 33%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8C474A

RGBrgb(140, 71, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.2784, 0.2902

RGB percentages54.9%, 27.8%, 29%

HSLhsl(357.4, 32.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.4, 49.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 49.3%, 47.1%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,193,290

CSS custom property--colour: #8C474A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.74:1

Contrast with white6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#73B8B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#56534Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#676149no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Tritanopia#983E48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 24.5 Brown · ΔE 27.7 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 23.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#478C89

Analogous#8C476D, #8C6647

Triadic#4A8C47, #474A8C

Split complementary#478C66, #476D8C

Tetradic#6D8C47, #478C89, #66478C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFC0C1

Lighter +30%#CE9EA0

Lighter +20%#BD7C7F

Lighter +10%#AC5A5E

Darker −10%#6A3638

Darker −20%#482526

Darker −30%#261414

Darker −40%#050202

More saturated +25%#A62D32

Less saturated −25%#726162

Channel breakdown

R140

G71

B74

Red140 (54.9%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue357.39°

Saturation (HSL)32.7%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 47 · B 4A

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