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Recognised as Colour

#8F555B

  • #8F555B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#8F555B is a red with RGB values 143, 85, 91 and HSL 354°, 25%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#8F555B#8F555B
HEX#8F555B
RGBrgb(143, 85, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.3333, 0.3569
RGB percentages56.1%, 33.3%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(353.8, 25.4%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 40.6%, 56.1%)
CMYK0%, 40.6%, 36.4%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,393,499
CSS custom property--colour: #8F555B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#70AAA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#605F5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E6A5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#994F57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 22.1Dim grey · ΔE 25.8Indian red · ΔE 27.2Gray · ΔE 27.9Pale violetred · ΔE 28Sienna · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 22.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#558F89
Analogous#8F5578, #8F6C55
Triadic#5B8F55, #555B8F
Split complementary#558F6C, #55788F
Tetradic#788F55, #558F89, #6C558F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2CED0
Lighter +30%#CFAEB1
Lighter +20%#BC8E93
Lighter +10%#A96E74
Darker −10%#6F4247
Darker −20%#4F2F32
Darker −30%#2F1C1E
Darker −40%#0F090A
More saturated +25%#AB3944
Less saturated −25%#727172

Channel breakdown

R143
G85
B91
Red143 (56.1%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue353.79°
Saturation (HSL)25.44%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 8F · G 55 · B 5B

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