Information about #8E4848 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #8E4848 reads as a mildly saturated red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Ameile (#904947). Slightly further away sit Matrix (#8E4D45) and El Salva (#8F4E45).
In RGB terms — rgb(142, 72, 72) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.2:1. #8E4848 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#8E4848 color variations
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#8E4848 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#8E4848 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#8E4848 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#8E4848 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#8E4848 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #8E4848 color
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Nearest named colors to #8E4848
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#904947
#8E4D45
#8F4E45
#944547
#874748
#8B504B
#94414C
#893F45
#8C3F42
#965044
#925345
#884F40
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8E4848
- RGB142, 72, 72
- CMYK0, 27, 27, 44
- CSSrgb(142, 72, 72)
- HSL0°, 33%, 42%
- HSL Precise0°, 32.71%, 41.961%
- HSV0°, 49%, 56%
- HSB0°, 49%, 56%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.282
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.282
- GLSLvec3(0.557, 0.282, 0.282)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.557, 0.282, 0.282, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.557, 0.282, 0.282)
- Percentage of Red in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB28.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB28.2%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID8E4848
- DECIMAL ID9324616
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
