Recognised as Colour

#2F0905

#2F0905
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2F0905 is a red with RGB values 47, 9, 5 and HSL 6°, 81%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#2F0905

RGBrgb(47, 9, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0353, 0.0196

RGB percentages18.4%, 3.5%, 2%

HSLhsl(5.7, 80.8%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.7, 89.4%, 18.4%)

CMYK0%, 80.9%, 89.4%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,082,501

CSS custom property--colour: #2F0905;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness26.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.07:1

Contrast with white18.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#111111

Inverted#D0F6FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#141104no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#1D1904no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#350208no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 22.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 41 Dim grey · ΔE 42.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 44.4 Maroon · ΔE 44.8 Sienna · ΔE 46.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 22.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#052B2F

Analogous#2F0516, #2F1E05

Triadic#052F09, #09052F

Split complementary#052F1E, #05162F

Tetradic#162F05, #052B2F, #1E052F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E72D19

Lighter +30%#B92314

Lighter +20%#8B1B0F

Lighter +10%#5D120A

Darker −10%#010000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#340500

Less saturated −25%#290E0B

Channel breakdown

R47

Red47 (18.4%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue5.71°

Saturation (HSL)80.77%

Lightness10.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2F · G 09 · B 05

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