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Recognised as Colour

#8D003E

  • #8D003E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#8D003E is a red with RGB values 141, 0, 62 and HSL 334°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8D003E#8D003E
HEX#8D003E
RGBrgb(141, 0, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0, 0.2431
RGB percentages55.3%, 0%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(333.6, 100%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.6, 100%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 56%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,240,638
CSS custom property--colour: #8D003E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.54:1
Contrast with white9.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#72FFC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#31353Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#534E3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9B0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.9Indian red · ΔE 30.1Medium violet red · ΔE 31.4Maroon · ΔE 32.5Pale violetred · ΔE 32.8Firebrick · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#008D4F
Analogous#8D0084, #8D0800
Triadic#3E8D00, #003E8D
Split complementary#008D08, #00848D
Tetradic#858D00, #008D4F, #09008D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FF5AA3
Lighter +30%#FF2786
Lighter +20%#F3006B
Lighter +10%#C00054
Darker −10%#5A0028
Darker −20%#270011
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8D003E
Less saturated −25%#7B1240

Channel breakdown

R141
G0
B62
Red141 (55.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue333.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 00 · B 3E

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