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Recognised as Colour

#8E3345

  • #8E3345
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#8E3345 is a red with RGB values 142, 51, 69 and HSL 348°, 47%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8E3345#8E3345
HEX#8E3345
RGBrgb(142, 51, 69)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2, 0.2706
RGB percentages55.7%, 20%, 27.1%
HSLhsl(348.1, 47.2%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.1, 64.1%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 64.1%, 51.4%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,319,237
CSS custom property--colour: #8E3345;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.75:1
Contrast with white7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#71CCBA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#474745no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F5943no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9B253Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.6Brown · ΔE 23.1Pale violetred · ΔE 27.6Sienna · ΔE 29.4Maroon · ΔE 31Firebrick · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#338E7C
Analogous#8E3373, #8E4F33
Triadic#458E33, #33458E
Split complementary#338E4F, #33728E
Tetradic#728E33, #338E7C, #4E338E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1ACB6
Lighter +30%#D48696
Lighter +20%#C66175
Lighter +10%#B44057
Darker −10%#682633
Darker −20%#431821
Darker −30%#1D0B0E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A61B36
Less saturated −25%#764B54

Channel breakdown

R142
G51
B69
Red142 (55.7%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue69 (27.1%)
Hue348.13°
Saturation (HSL)47.15%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 33 · B 45

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