Recognised as Colour

#8D2C49

#8D2C49
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8D2C49 is a red with RGB values 141, 44, 73 and HSL 342°, 52%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8D2C49

RGBrgb(141, 44, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.1725, 0.2863

RGB percentages55.3%, 17.3%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(342.1, 52.4%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.1, 68.8%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 68.8%, 48.2%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,251,913

CSS custom property--colour: #8D2C49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.11:1

Contrast with white8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#72D3B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#41434Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5747no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Tritanopia#991D38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 25.8 Brown · ΔE 26.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.2 Maroon · ΔE 34.1 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Firebrick · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 25.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C8D70

Analogous#8D2C7A, #8D402C

Triadic#498D2C, #2C498D

Split complementary#2C8D40, #2C7A8D

Tetradic#798D2C, #2C8D70, #402C8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2A3B6

Lighter +30%#D67C97

Lighter +20%#CA5578

Lighter +10%#B4385D

Darker −10%#662035

Darker −20%#3F1421

Darker −30%#18080D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A41540

Less saturated −25%#764352

Channel breakdown

R141

G44

B73

Red141 (55.3%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue342.06°

Saturation (HSL)52.43%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 2C · B 49

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