Recognised as Colour

#8A0408

#8A0408
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#8A0408 is a red with RGB values 138, 4, 8 and HSL 358°, 94%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#8A0408

RGBrgb(138, 4, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0157, 0.0314

RGB percentages54.1%, 1.6%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(358.2, 94.4%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.2, 97.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 97.1%, 94.2%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,045,000

CSS custom property--colour: #8A0408;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.99:1

Contrast with white9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#75FBF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383105no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Tritanopia#990009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 3.4 Dark red · ΔE 3.4 Brown · ΔE 12 Firebrick · ΔE 12.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.7 Sienna · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 3.37, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#048A86

Analogous#8A044B, #8A4304

Triadic#088A04, #04088A

Split complementary#048A43, #044B8A

Tetradic#4B8A04, #048A86, #43048A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA6064

Lighter +30%#F92E34

Lighter +20%#ED070E

Lighter +10%#BC050B

Darker −10%#580305

Darker −20%#270102

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E0004

Less saturated −25%#781619

Channel breakdown

R138

Red138 (54.1%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue358.21°

Saturation (HSL)94.37%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 04 · B 08

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