Colour

#8F264B

#8F264B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#8F264B is a red with RGB values 143, 38, 75 and HSL 339°, 58%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#8F264B#8F264B

HEX#8F264B

RGBrgb(143, 38, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.149, 0.2941

RGB percentages56.1%, 14.9%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(338.9, 58%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.9, 73.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 73.4%, 47.6%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,381,451

CSS custom property--colour: #8F264B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1

Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#70D9B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E424Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A5649no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9C1435no 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 text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 27.3 Indian red · ΔE 27.4 Brown · ΔE 27.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 32.8 Maroon · ΔE 35.6 Firebrick · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 27.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#268F6A

Analogous#8F267F, #8F3526

Triadic#4B8F26, #264B8F

Split complementary#268F35, #267F8F

Tetradic#808F26, #268F6A, #36268F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E59CB6

Lighter +30%#DA7498

Lighter +20%#CF4C7A

Lighter +10%#B73160

Darker −10%#671B36

Darker −20%#3E1121

Darker −30%#16060C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A60F44

Less saturated −25%#783D52

Channel breakdown

R143

G38

B75

Red143 (56.1%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue338.86°

Saturation (HSL)58.01%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 26 · B 4B

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