Recognised as Colour

#8E0939

#8E0939
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8E0939 is a red with RGB values 142, 9, 57 and HSL 338°, 88%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8E0939

RGBrgb(142, 9, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0353, 0.2235

RGB percentages55.7%, 3.5%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(338.3, 88.1%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.3, 93.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 93.7%, 59.9%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,308,473

CSS custom property--colour: #8E0939;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.34:1

Contrast with white9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#71F6C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#35363Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original

Deuteranopia#565036no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9C0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21.6 Indian red · ΔE 27.2 Maroon · ΔE 28.3 Firebrick · ΔE 28.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#098E5E

Analogous#8E097C, #8E1C09

Triadic#398E09, #09398E

Split complementary#098E1C, #097C8E

Tetradic#7B8E09, #098E5E, #1B098E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F66D9F

Lighter +30%#F33D7F

Lighter +20%#EE0F60

Lighter +10%#BE0C4C

Darker −10%#5E0626

Darker −20%#2E0312

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#970036

Less saturated −25%#7B1C3E

Channel breakdown

R142

B57

Red142 (55.7%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue338.35°

Saturation (HSL)88.08%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 09 · B 39

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