Recognised as Colour

#8E221C

#8E221C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8E221C is a red with RGB values 142, 34, 28 and HSL 3°, 67%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8E221C#8E221C

HEX#8E221C

RGBrgb(142, 34, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.1333, 0.1098

RGB percentages55.7%, 13.3%, 11%

HSLhsl(3.2, 67.1%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.2, 80.3%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 76.1%, 80.3%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,314,844

CSS custom property--colour: #8E221C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06979WCAG 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 8.77:1

Contrast with white8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#71DDE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433C1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5317no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9D0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 7.8 Maroon · ΔE 9.9 Dark red · ΔE 12.5 Firebrick · ΔE 15 Sienna · ΔE 19.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C888E

Analogous#8E1C4F, #8E5B1C

Triadic#1C8E22, #221C8E

Split complementary#1C8E5B, #1C4F8E

Tetradic#4F8E1C, #1C888E, #5B1C8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9928D

Lighter +30%#E06963

Lighter +20%#D84138

Lighter +10%#B92C24

Darker −10%#631814

Darker −20%#390E0B

Darker −30%#0E0303

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A30F07

Less saturated −25%#793531

Channel breakdown

R142

G34

B28

Red142 (55.7%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue3.16°

Saturation (HSL)67.06%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 22 · B 1C

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