Recognised as Colour

#8F332C

#8F332C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8F332C is a red with RGB values 143, 51, 44 and HSL 4°, 53%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#8F332C#8F332C

HEX#8F332C

RGBrgb(143, 51, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.2, 0.1725

RGB percentages56.1%, 20%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(4.2, 52.9%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.2, 69.2%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 64.3%, 69.2%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,384,748

CSS custom property--colour: #8F332C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08389WCAG 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 7.84:1

Contrast with white7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#70CCD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C452Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#635929no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9D1E32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 12.7 Sienna · ΔE 16.6 Maroon · ΔE 18.6 Indian red · ΔE 19.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.1 Dark red · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C888F

Analogous#8F2C56, #8F652C

Triadic#2C8F33, #332C8F

Split complementary#2C8F65, #2C568F

Tetradic#578F2C, #2C888F, #652C8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3A8A4

Lighter +30%#D7837D

Lighter +20%#CB5E56

Lighter +10%#B64138

Darker −10%#682520

Darker −20%#411714

Darker −30%#1A0908

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A61F15

Less saturated −25%#784743

Channel breakdown

R143

G51

B44

Red143 (56.1%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue4.24°

Saturation (HSL)52.94%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 33 · B 2C

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