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Recognised as Colour

#1C090E

  • #1C090E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#1C090E is a red with RGB values 28, 9, 14 and HSL 344°, 51%, 7%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#1C090E#1C090E
HEX#1C090E
RGBrgb(28, 9, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.1098, 0.0353, 0.0549
RGB percentages11%, 3.5%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(344.2, 51.4%, 7.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(344.2, 67.9%, 11%)
CMYK0%, 67.9%, 50%, 89%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,837,326
CSS custom property--colour: #1C090E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness17.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.18:1
Contrast with white19.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0D0D0D
Inverted#E3F6F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C0D0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#11100Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1F080Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text19.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 9.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.9Dim grey · ΔE 41Gray · ΔE 50Slate grey · ΔE 50.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 53.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#091C17
Analogous#1C0917, #1C0E09
Triadic#0E1C09, #090E1C
Split complementary#091C0E, #09171C
Tetradic#171C09, #091C17, #0E091C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B63B5B
Lighter +30%#902E48
Lighter +20%#692235
Lighter +10%#431521
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#21040C
Less saturated −25%#170E10

Channel breakdown

R28
G9
B14
Red28 (11%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue344.21°
Saturation (HSL)51.35%
Lightness7.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 1C · G 09 · B 0E

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