Colour

#8C616B

#8C616B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#8C616B is a red with RGB values 140, 97, 107 and HSL 346°, 18%, 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

#8C616B#8C616B

HEX#8C616B

RGBrgb(140, 97, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.3804, 0.4196

RGB percentages54.9%, 38%, 42%

HSLhsl(346, 18.1%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 30.7%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 30.7%, 23.6%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,199,979

CSS custom property--colour: #8C616B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#739E94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67686Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#71706Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#935E64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 18.6 Dim grey · ΔE 19.1 Gray · ΔE 20.5 Slate grey · ΔE 25.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6 Dark grey · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 18.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#618C82

Analogous#8C6181, #8C6C61

Triadic#6B8C61, #616B8C

Split complementary#618C6C, #61818C

Tetradic#818C61, #618C82, #6C618C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3D6D9

Lighter +30%#CEB8BD

Lighter +20%#B99AA1

Lighter +10%#A47C85

Darker −10%#6E4C54

Darker −20%#50373D

Darker −30%#322226

Darker −40%#130E0F

More saturated +25%#AA435B

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R140

G97

B107

Red140 (54.9%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue346.05°

Saturation (HSL)18.14%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 61 · B 6B

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