Recognised as Colour

#8D474B

#8D474B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#8D474B is a red with RGB values 141, 71, 75 and HSL 357°, 33%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#8D474B

RGBrgb(141, 71, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.2784, 0.2941

RGB percentages55.3%, 27.8%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(356.6, 33%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 49.6%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 49.6%, 46.8%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,258,827

CSS custom property--colour: #8D474B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.7:1

Contrast with white6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#72B8B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#56534Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#67614Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#993E49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 23.3 Sienna · ΔE 24.8 Brown · ΔE 27.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 23.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#478D89

Analogous#8D476E, #8D6647

Triadic#4B8D47, #474B8D

Split complementary#478D66, #476E8D

Tetradic#6E8D47, #478D89, #66478D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0C0C2

Lighter +30%#CE9FA1

Lighter +20%#BD7D80

Lighter +10%#AC5B5F

Darker −10%#6B3639

Darker −20%#492527

Darker −30%#271415

Darker −40%#050303

More saturated +25%#A82D34

Less saturated −25%#736262

Channel breakdown

R141

G71

B75

Red141 (55.3%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue356.57°

Saturation (HSL)33.02%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 47 · B 4B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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