Colour

#230B08

#230B08
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#230B08 is a red with RGB values 35, 11, 8 and HSL 7°, 63%, 8%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#230B08

RGBrgb(35, 11, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.1373, 0.0431, 0.0314

RGB percentages13.7%, 4.3%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(6.7, 62.8%, 8.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.7, 77.1%, 13.7%)

CMYK0%, 68.6%, 77.1%, 86.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,296,584

CSS custom property--colour: #230B08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness21.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.7:1

Contrast with white18.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#DCF4F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#110F08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#171408no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#27070Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 13.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.6 Dim grey · ΔE 40.8 Gray · ΔE 49.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 50.3 Slate grey · ΔE 51.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#082023

Analogous#230812, #231908

Triadic#08230B, #0B0823

Split complementary#082318, #081323

Tetradic#122308, #082023, #190823

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C93F2E

Lighter +30%#A03224

Lighter +20%#76251B

Lighter +10%#4D1811

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#280703

Less saturated −25%#1E0F0D

Channel breakdown

R35

G11

Red35 (13.7%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue6.67°

Saturation (HSL)62.79%

Lightness8.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 23 · G 0B · B 08

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