Recognised as Colour

#8E3928

#8E3928
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#8E3928 is a red with RGB values 142, 57, 40 and HSL 10°, 56%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#8E3928

RGBrgb(142, 57, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2235, 0.1569

RGB percentages55.7%, 22.4%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(10, 56%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10, 71.8%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 59.9%, 71.8%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,320,744

CSS custom property--colour: #8E3928;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1

Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#71C6D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504826no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#655B26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#9C2735no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 12.2 Brown · ΔE 15 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.2 Maroon · ΔE 19.1 Indian red · ΔE 21.3 Dark red · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 12.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#287D8E

Analogous#8E284A, #8E6C28

Triadic#288E39, #39288E

Split complementary#288E6C, #284A8E

Tetradic#4A8E28, #287D8E, #6C288E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4AA9E

Lighter +30%#D98776

Lighter +20%#CD644F

Lighter +10%#B64933

Darker −10%#66291D

Darker −20%#3E1912

Darker −30%#170906

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A52A11

Less saturated −25%#77483F

Channel breakdown

R142

G57

B40

Red142 (55.7%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue10°

Saturation (HSL)56.04%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 39 · B 28

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