Recognised as Colour

#8D223B

#8D223B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8D223B is a red with RGB values 141, 34, 59 and HSL 346°, 61%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8D223B#8D223B

HEX#8D223B

RGBrgb(141, 34, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.1333, 0.2314

RGB percentages55.3%, 13.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(346, 61.1%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 75.9%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 75.9%, 58.2%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,249,339

CSS custom property--colour: #8D223B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.66:1

Contrast with white8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#72DDC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3E3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A5338no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9A022Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.7 Indian red · ΔE 23.6 Maroon · ΔE 27 Firebrick · ΔE 28.4 Dark red · ΔE 30 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#228D74

Analogous#8D2270, #8D3F22

Triadic#3B8D22, #223B8D

Split complementary#228D3F, #22708D

Tetradic#708D22, #228D74, #3F228D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E695A8

Lighter +30%#DC6C86

Lighter +20%#D24365

Lighter +10%#B62C4C

Darker −10%#64182A

Darker −20%#3B0E19

Darker −30%#120407

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A30C2F

Less saturated −25%#773847

Channel breakdown

R141

G34

B59

Red141 (55.3%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue345.98°

Saturation (HSL)61.14%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 22 · B 3B

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