Recognised as Colour

#8F5F72

#8F5F72
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#8F5F72 is a red with RGB values 143, 95, 114 and HSL 336°, 20%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#8F5F72#8F5F72

HEX#8F5F72

RGBrgb(143, 95, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.3725, 0.4471

RGB percentages56.1%, 37.3%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(336.3, 20.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.3, 33.6%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 33.6%, 20.3%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,396,082

CSS custom property--colour: #8F5F72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1

Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#70A08D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#646873no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#707071no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#965D66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 20.7 Dim grey · ΔE 22.7 Gray · ΔE 23.9 Slate grey · ΔE 26.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 20.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F8F7C

Analogous#8F5F8A, #8F645F

Triadic#728F5F, #5F728F

Split complementary#5F8F64, #5F8A8F

Tetradic#8A8F5F, #5F8F7C, #645F8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4D6DC

Lighter +30%#CFB7C1

Lighter +20%#BB99A6

Lighter +10%#A77A8C

Darker −10%#704B5A

Darker −20%#523641

Darker −30%#332229

Darker −40%#140E10

More saturated +25%#AD416C

Less saturated −25%#777777

Channel breakdown

R143

G95

B114

Red143 (56.1%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue336.25°

Saturation (HSL)20.17%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 5F · B 72

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