Colour

#8F1B38

#8F1B38
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8F1B38 is a red with RGB values 143, 27, 56 and HSL 345°, 68%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8F1B38#8F1B38

HEX#8F1B38

RGBrgb(143, 27, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1059, 0.2196

RGB percentages56.1%, 10.6%, 22%

HSLhsl(345, 68.2%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345, 81.1%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 81.1%, 60.8%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,378,616

CSS custom property--colour: #8F1B38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.82:1

Contrast with white8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#70E4C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C3B38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A5335no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9D0028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.2 Indian red · ΔE 23.8 Maroon · ΔE 25.5 Firebrick · ΔE 26.5 Dark red · ΔE 28.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B8F72

Analogous#8F1B72, #8F381B

Triadic#388F1B, #1B388F

Split complementary#1B8F38, #1B728F

Tetradic#728F1B, #1B8F72, #381B8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E98DA4

Lighter +30%#E16282

Lighter +20%#D9375F

Lighter +10%#BA2349

Darker −10%#641327

Darker −20%#390B16

Darker −30%#0E0306

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A4062D

Less saturated −25%#7A3043

Channel breakdown

R143

G27

B56

Red143 (56.1%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue345°

Saturation (HSL)68.24%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 1B · B 38

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