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Recognised as Colour

#8E434A

  • #8E434A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#8E434A is a red with RGB values 142, 67, 74 and HSL 354°, 36%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#8E434A#8E434A
HEX#8E434A
RGBrgb(142, 67, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2627, 0.2902
RGB percentages55.7%, 26.3%, 29%
HSLhsl(354.4, 35.9%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.4, 52.8%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 52.8%, 47.9%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,323,338
CSS custom property--colour: #8E434A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#71BCB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#53514Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#666048no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9A3946no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.5Sienna · ΔE 25.5Brown · ΔE 26.1Pale violetred · ΔE 27.9Rosy brown · ΔE 30Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#438E87
Analogous#8E4370, #8E6143
Triadic#4A8E43, #434A8E
Split complementary#438E61, #43708E
Tetradic#708E43, #438E87, #61438E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0BDC0
Lighter +30%#D09A9F
Lighter +20%#BF787E
Lighter +10%#AF555E
Darker −10%#6B3338
Darker −20%#492226
Darker −30%#261214
Darker −40%#030202
More saturated +25%#A82935
Less saturated −25%#745D5F

Channel breakdown

R142
G67
B74
Red142 (55.7%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue354.4°
Saturation (HSL)35.89%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 43 · B 4A

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