Recognised as Colour

#8E032A

#8E032A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8E032A is a red with RGB values 142, 3, 42 and HSL 343°, 96%, 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

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HEX#8E032A

RGBrgb(142, 3, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0118, 0.1647

RGB percentages55.7%, 1.2%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(343.2, 95.9%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.2, 97.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 97.9%, 70.4%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,306,922

CSS custom property--colour: #8E032A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.56:1

Contrast with white9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#71FCD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#36342Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#574F26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9D0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 13.9 Maroon · ΔE 19.3 Firebrick · ΔE 20.7 Dark red · ΔE 21.7 Indian red · ΔE 25.3 Crimson · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 13.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#038E67

Analogous#8E0370, #8E2103

Triadic#2A8E03, #032A8E

Split complementary#038E21, #03708E

Tetradic#708E03, #038E67, #21038E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC618D

Lighter +30%#FB2F68

Lighter +20%#F20548

Lighter +10%#C00439

Darker −10%#5C021B

Darker −20%#2A010C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#910029

Less saturated −25%#7C1532

Channel breakdown

R142

B42

Red142 (55.7%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue343.17°

Saturation (HSL)95.86%

Lightness28.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 03 · B 2A

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