When Balanced Alcove across Sharing

#8e290e RGB(142,41,14)

About this color

When Balanced Alcove across Sharing is a intense, dark red tone, fixed at #8e290e in the RGB color space.

#8e290eRGB(142, 41, 14)

HSL 13° · 82% saturation · 31% lightness

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Psychology

In its darker registers red becomes serious: ambition, gravitas, and a certain controlled intensity.

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History

Chinese red, associated with luck and celebration for millennia, remains one of the most culturally specific colour associations anywhere in the world.

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Design use

As a dark tone, it naturally lends itself to a primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, this red sits opposite blue-green on the colour wheel — that tension creates visual energy. For calmer pairings, warm greys and off-whites let it breathe.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
When Balanced Alcove across Sharing
HEX
#8e290e
RGB
rgb(142,41,14)
RGB%
rgb(55.7%,16.1%,5.5%)
HSL
hsl(13,82%,31%)
HSV
hsv(13,90%,56%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,71,90,44)
LAB
lab(33,41,39)
LCH
lch(33,57,44)
sRGB
(0.557,0.161,0.055)
HEX8
#8e290eff
CSS Name
Decimal
142041014

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Color info

Lightness
31%
Saturation
82%
Hue
13°
Chroma
57
Temperature
WarmCool
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