Colour

#8E144A

#8E144A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#8E144A is a red with RGB values 142, 20, 74 and HSL 333°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#8E144A

RGBrgb(142, 20, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0784, 0.2902

RGB percentages55.7%, 7.8%, 29%

HSLhsl(333.4, 75.3%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(333.4, 85.9%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 85.9%, 47.9%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,311,306

CSS custom property--colour: #8E144A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.94:1

Contrast with white8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#71EBB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#343B4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#555247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9B002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 28.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 30 Brown · ΔE 30.4 Indian red · ΔE 31.5 Maroon · ΔE 37.8 Firebrick · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 28.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#148E58

Analogous#8E1487, #8E1B14

Triadic#4A8E14, #144A8E

Split complementary#148E1B, #14878E

Tetradic#878E14, #148E58, #1B148E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ED81B1

Lighter +30%#E75495

Lighter +20%#E12779

Lighter +10%#BB1A61

Darker −10%#610E33

Darker −20%#35071B

Darker −30%#080104

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A20048

Less saturated −25%#7A284C

Channel breakdown

R142

G20

B74

Red142 (55.7%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue333.44°

Saturation (HSL)75.31%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 14 · B 4A

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