Recognised as Colour

#420B08

#420B08
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#420B08 is a red with RGB values 66, 11, 8 and HSL 3°, 78%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#420B08

RGBrgb(66, 11, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.0431, 0.0314

RGB percentages25.9%, 4.3%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(3.1, 78.4%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.1, 87.9%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 87.9%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,328,200

CSS custom property--colour: #420B08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness37.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.37:1

Contrast with white16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#BDF4F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C1807no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#292406no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4A000Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 32.5 Maroon · ΔE 34.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 36 Sienna · ΔE 37.8 Brown · ΔE 38 Dark red · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 32.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#083F42

Analogous#420822, #422808

Triadic#08420B, #0B0842

Split complementary#084228, #082242

Tetradic#224208, #083F42, #280842

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E63930

Lighter +30%#CA2219

Lighter +20%#9D1A13

Lighter +10%#6F130E

Darker −10%#150302

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A0400

Less saturated −25%#391311

Channel breakdown

R66

G11

Red66 (25.9%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue3.1°

Saturation (HSL)78.38%

Lightness14.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 0B · B 08

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