Recognised as Colour

#8F2C19

#8F2C19
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8F2C19 is a red with RGB values 143, 44, 25 and HSL 10°, 70%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8F2C19

RGBrgb(143, 44, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1725, 0.098

RGB percentages56.1%, 17.3%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(9.7, 70.2%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.7, 82.5%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 69.2%, 82.5%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,382,937

CSS custom property--colour: #8F2C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.26:1

Contrast with white8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#70D3E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494116no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#615715no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9E0B28no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.6 Maroon · ΔE 11.2 Dark red · ΔE 13.3 Sienna · ΔE 15.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.2 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#197C8F

Analogous#8F1941, #8F6719

Triadic#198F2C, #2C198F

Split complementary#198F67, #19418F

Tetradic#418F19, #197C8F, #67198F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA998A

Lighter +30%#E3745E

Lighter +20%#DB4E33

Lighter +10%#BA3921

Darker −10%#641F11

Darker −20%#38110A

Darker −30%#0D0402

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A41E04

Less saturated −25%#7A3A2E

Channel breakdown

R143

G44

B25

Red143 (56.1%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue9.66°

Saturation (HSL)70.24%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 2C · B 19

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