Recognised as Colour

#8A1602

#8A1602
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8A1602 is a red with RGB values 138, 22, 2 and HSL 9°, 97%, 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#8A1602

RGBrgb(138, 22, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.0863, 0.0078

RGB percentages54.1%, 8.6%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(8.8, 97.1%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.8, 98.6%, 54.1%)

CMYK0%, 84.1%, 98.6%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,049,602

CSS custom property--colour: #8A1602;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05981WCAG 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#75E9FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D3500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 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 10.2 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 4.7 Maroon · ΔE 5.3 Brown · ΔE 14 Firebrick · ΔE 14.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6 Sienna · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 4.71, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02768A

Analogous#8A0232, #8A5A02

Triadic#028A16, #16028A

Split complementary#028A5A, #02328A

Tetradic#328A02, #02768A, #5A028A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD735B

Lighter +30%#FC4829

Lighter +20%#EF2603

Lighter +10%#BC1E03

Darker −10%#580E01

Darker −20%#250601

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C1500

Less saturated −25%#792213

Channel breakdown

R138

G22

Red138 (54.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue8.82°

Saturation (HSL)97.14%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8A · G 16 · B 02

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