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Recognised as Colour

#8D1B41

  • #8D1B41
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#8D1B41 is a red with RGB values 141, 27, 65 and HSL 340°, 68%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8D1B41#8D1B41
HEX#8D1B41
RGBrgb(141, 27, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.1059, 0.2549
RGB percentages55.3%, 10.6%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(340, 67.9%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340, 80.9%, 55.3%)
CMYK0%, 80.9%, 53.9%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,247,553
CSS custom property--colour: #8D1B41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness82.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#72E4BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#393B42no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#57523Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9A002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.3Indian red · ΔE 26.9Pale violetred · ΔE 30.1Maroon · ΔE 31.5Firebrick · ΔE 32.3Medium violet red · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1B8D67
Analogous#8D1B7A, #8D2E1B
Triadic#418D1B, #1B418D
Split complementary#1B8D2E, #1B7A8D
Tetradic#7A8D1B, #1B8D67, #2E1B8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E98BAA
Lighter +30%#E1608B
Lighter +20%#D8366C
Lighter +10%#B82355
Darker −10%#62132D
Darker −20%#370B1A
Darker −30%#0D0206
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A2063A
Less saturated −25%#783048

Channel breakdown

R141
G27
B65
Red141 (55.3%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue340°
Saturation (HSL)67.86%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8D · G 1B · B 41

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