Recognised as Colour

#8F142F

#8F142F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8F142F is a red with RGB values 143, 20, 47 and HSL 347°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8F142F#8F142F

HEX#8F142F

RGBrgb(143, 20, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.0784, 0.1843

RGB percentages56.1%, 7.8%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(346.8, 75.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.8, 86%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 86%, 67.1%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,376,815

CSS custom property--colour: #8F142F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.09:1

Contrast with white9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#70EBD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B382Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#59512Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original

Tritanopia#9D0020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 14.1 Maroon · ΔE 20.7 Firebrick · ΔE 22 Dark red · ΔE 23.3 Indian red · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#148F74

Analogous#8F146D, #8F3614

Triadic#2F8F14, #142F8F

Split complementary#148F36, #146D8F

Tetradic#6D8F14, #148F74, #36148F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ED8299

Lighter +30%#E75575

Lighter +20%#E12851

Lighter +10%#BC1A3E

Darker −10%#620E20

Darker −20%#360712

Darker −30%#090103

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A30024

Less saturated −25%#7B283A

Channel breakdown

R143

G20

B47

Red143 (56.1%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue346.83°

Saturation (HSL)75.46%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 14 · B 2F

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