Recognised as Colour

#8A1601

#8A1601
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8A1601 is a red with RGB values 138, 22, 1 and HSL 9°, 99%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#8A1601

RGBrgb(138, 22, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0863, 0.0039

RGB percentages54.1%, 8.6%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(9.2, 98.6%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.2, 99.3%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 84.1%, 99.3%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,049,601

CSS custom property--colour: #8A1601;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.56:1

Contrast with white9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#75E9FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D3500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original

Deuteranopia#594E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Tritanopia#990014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 4.8 Maroon · ΔE 5.6 Firebrick · ΔE 14.2 Brown · ΔE 14.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6 Sienna · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 4.75, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01758A

Analogous#8A0131, #8A5A01

Triadic#018A16, #16018A

Split complementary#018A5A, #01318A

Tetradic#318A01, #01758A, #5A018A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE7259

Lighter +30%#FD4827

Lighter +20%#EF2602

Lighter +10%#BD1E01

Darker −10%#570E01

Darker −20%#250600

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B1500

Less saturated −25%#792212

Channel breakdown

R138

G22

Red138 (54.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue9.2°

Saturation (HSL)98.56%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 16 · B 01

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