Recognised as Colour

#8F303B

#8F303B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8F303B is a red with RGB values 143, 48, 59 and HSL 353°, 50%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8F303B#8F303B

HEX#8F303B

RGBrgb(143, 48, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1882, 0.2314

RGB percentages56.1%, 18.8%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(353.1, 49.7%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.1, 66.4%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 66.4%, 58.7%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,383,995

CSS custom property--colour: #8F303B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.91:1

Contrast with white7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#70CFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#48453Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#605939no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9C1D35no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17.8 Indian red · ΔE 20.4 Sienna · ΔE 25.2 Maroon · ΔE 25.5 Firebrick · ΔE 27.3 Dark red · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#308F84

Analogous#8F306B, #8F5430

Triadic#3B8F30, #303B8F

Split complementary#308F54, #306B8F

Tetradic#6B8F30, #308F84, #54308F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2A9B0

Lighter +30%#D5838C

Lighter +20%#C85D69

Lighter +10%#B53D4B

Darker −10%#69232B

Darker −20%#43161B

Darker −30%#1C0A0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A71829

Less saturated −25%#77484D

Channel breakdown

R143

G48

B59

Red143 (56.1%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue353.05°

Saturation (HSL)49.74%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 30 · B 3B

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