Recognised as Colour

#8A0516

#8A0516
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#8A0516 is a red with RGB values 138, 5, 22 and HSL 352°, 93%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#8A0516

RGBrgb(138, 5, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0196, 0.0863

RGB percentages54.1%, 2%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(352.3, 93%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 96.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 96.4%, 84.1%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,045,270

CSS custom property--colour: #8A0516;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.93:1

Contrast with white9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#75FAE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#373115no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Tritanopia#99000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 7.9 Brown · ΔE 9.3 Dark red · ΔE 10.3 Firebrick · ΔE 13.9 Sienna · ΔE 26.5 Indian red · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#058A79

Analogous#8A0559, #8A3705

Triadic#168A05, #05168A

Split complementary#058A37, #05598A

Tetradic#588A05, #058A79, #36058A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F96275

Lighter +30%#F8304A

Lighter +20%#EC0926

Lighter +10%#BB071E

Darker −10%#59030E

Darker −20%#280106

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F0012

Less saturated −25%#781723

Channel breakdown

R138

B22

Red138 (54.1%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue352.33°

Saturation (HSL)93.01%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 05 · B 16

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