Colour

#8E002E

#8E002E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8E002E is a red with RGB values 142, 0, 46 and HSL 341°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8E002E#8E002E

HEX#8E002E

RGBrgb(142, 0, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0, 0.1804

RGB percentages55.7%, 0%, 18%

HSLhsl(340.6, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.6, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 67.6%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,306,158

CSS custom property--colour: #8E002E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.59:1

Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#71FFD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35332Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#564E2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9C0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16.3 Maroon · ΔE 22.1 Firebrick · ΔE 23.1 Dark red · ΔE 24.5 Indian red · ΔE 26 Crimson · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 16.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#008E60

Analogous#8E0075, #8E1900

Triadic#2E8E00, #002E8E

Split complementary#008E19, #00758E

Tetradic#758E00, #008E60, #19008E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF5B90

Lighter +30%#FF286E

Lighter +20%#F4004F

Lighter +10%#C1003F

Darker −10%#5B001D

Darker −20%#28000D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E002E

Less saturated −25%#7C1234

Channel breakdown

R142

B46

Red142 (55.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue340.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 00 · B 2E

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