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Recognised as Colour

#8E6571

  • #8E6571
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#8E6571 is a red with RGB values 142, 101, 113 and HSL 342°, 17%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#8E6571#8E6571
HEX#8E6571
RGBrgb(142, 101, 113)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3961, 0.4431
RGB percentages55.7%, 39.6%, 44.3%
HSLhsl(342.4, 16.9%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 28.9%, 55.7%)
CMYK0%, 28.9%, 20.4%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,332,081
CSS custom property--colour: #8E6571;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1
Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#719A8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A6C71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#747370no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#956369no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 17.7Dim grey · ΔE 18.6Gray · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.9Dark grey · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 17.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#658E82
Analogous#8E6585, #8E6D65
Triadic#718E65, #65718E
Split complementary#658E6E, #65858E
Tetradic#858E65, #658E82, #6E658E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5DADD
Lighter +30%#D0BCC2
Lighter +20%#BA9FA7
Lighter +10%#A5818B
Darker −10%#705059
Darker −20%#523B42
Darker −30%#35252A
Darker −40%#171012
More saturated +25%#AC4764
Less saturated −25%#797979

Channel breakdown

R142
G101
B113
Red142 (55.7%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue113 (44.3%)
Hue342.44°
Saturation (HSL)16.87%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8E · G 65 · B 71

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