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Recognised as Colour

#8C5F75

  • #8C5F75
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#8C5F75 is a red with RGB values 140, 95, 117 and HSL 331°, 19%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#8C5F75#8C5F75
HEX#8C5F75
RGBrgb(140, 95, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3725, 0.4588
RGB percentages54.9%, 37.3%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(330.7, 19.1%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.7, 32.1%, 54.9%)
CMYK0%, 32.1%, 16.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,199,477
CSS custom property--colour: #8C5F75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#73A08A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#636876no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D6F74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Tritanopia#925E67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 21.9Dim grey · ΔE 22.4Gray · ΔE 23.7Slate grey · ΔE 25.6Light slate grey · ΔE 26.9Pale violetred · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 21.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5F8C76
Analogous#8C5F8B, #8C605F
Triadic#758C5F, #5F758C
Split complementary#5F8C60, #5F8B8C
Tetradic#8B8C5F, #5F8C76, #605F8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D5DB
Lighter +30%#CEB6C2
Lighter +20%#B998A8
Lighter +10%#A47A8F
Darker −10%#6E4A5C
Darker −20%#4F3642
Darker −30%#312129
Darker −40%#120D0F
More saturated +25%#A94274
Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R140
G95
B117
Red140 (54.9%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue330.67°
Saturation (HSL)19.15%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8C · G 5F · B 75

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