Recognised as Colour

#8E183D

#8E183D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8E183D is a red with RGB values 142, 24, 61 and HSL 341°, 71%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8E183D

RGBrgb(142, 24, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0941, 0.2392

RGB percentages55.7%, 9.4%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(341.2, 71.1%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.2, 83.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 83.1%, 57%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,312,317

CSS custom property--colour: #8E183D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.4 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#343434

Inverted#71E7C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393A3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original

Deuteranopia#58523Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9C0029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 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

Brown · ΔE 22 Indian red · ΔE 26 Maroon · ΔE 29.2 Firebrick · ΔE 29.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 31 Dark red · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#188E69

Analogous#8E1878, #8E2E18

Triadic#3D8E18, #183D8E

Split complementary#188E2E, #18788E

Tetradic#788E18, #188E69, #2E188E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB87A6

Lighter +30%#E35C86

Lighter +20%#DC3066

Lighter +10%#BA1F50

Darker −10%#62112A

Darker −20%#370918

Darker −30%#0B0205

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A30335

Less saturated −25%#792D45

Channel breakdown

R142

G24

B61

Red142 (55.7%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue341.19°

Saturation (HSL)71.08%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 18 · B 3D

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