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Recognised as Colour

#8F254B

  • #8F254B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#8F254B is a red with RGB values 143, 37, 75 and HSL 338°, 59%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#8F254B#8F254B
HEX#8F254B
RGBrgb(143, 37, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1451, 0.2941
RGB percentages56.1%, 14.5%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(338.5, 58.9%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(338.5, 74.1%, 56.1%)
CMYK0%, 74.1%, 47.6%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,381,195
CSS custom property--colour: #8F254B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness86.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.29:1
Contrast with white8.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#70DAB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D414Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#595649no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9C1235no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 27.5Indian red · ΔE 27.7Brown · ΔE 27.8Medium violet red · ΔE 32.4Maroon · ΔE 35.7Firebrick · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 27.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#258F69
Analogous#8F2580, #8F3425
Triadic#4B8F25, #254B8F
Split complementary#258F34, #25808F
Tetradic#808F25, #258F69, #34258F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E59BB6
Lighter +30%#DB7298
Lighter +20%#D04A7A
Lighter +10%#B82F60
Darker −10%#661B36
Darker −20%#3E1021
Darker −30%#15060B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A60F45
Less saturated −25%#793C51

Channel breakdown

R143
G37
B75
Red143 (56.1%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue338.49°
Saturation (HSL)58.89%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8F · G 25 · B 4B

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