Recognised as Colour

#8D2E30

#8D2E30
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8D2E30 is a red with RGB values 141, 46, 48 and HSL 359°, 51%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8D2E30#8D2E30

HEX#8D2E30

RGBrgb(141, 46, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.1804, 0.1882

RGB percentages55.3%, 18%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(358.7, 50.8%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.7, 67.4%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 66%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,252,400

CSS custom property--colour: #8D2E30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.18:1

Contrast with white8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#72D1CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#47422Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F572Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9B1830no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 13.9 Indian red · ΔE 20.3 Maroon · ΔE 20.3 Sienna · ΔE 20.9 Firebrick · ΔE 23.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 13.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E8D8B

Analogous#8D2E60, #8D5C2E

Triadic#308D2E, #2E308D

Split complementary#2E8D5C, #2E608D

Tetradic#5F8D2E, #2E8D8B, #5B2E8D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2A5A7

Lighter +30%#D57F81

Lighter +20%#C9585B

Lighter +10%#B33B3D

Darker −10%#672123

Darker −20%#401516

Darker −30%#1A0809

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A4171A

Less saturated −25%#764546

Channel breakdown

R141

G46

B48

Red141 (55.3%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue358.74°

Saturation (HSL)50.8%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 2E · B 30

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