Colour

#8B0014

#8B0014
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#8B0014 is a red with RGB values 139, 0, 20 and HSL 351°, 100%, 27%. 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#8B0014

RGBrgb(139, 0, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0, 0.0784

RGB percentages54.5%, 0%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(351.4, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 85.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,109,524

CSS custom property--colour: #8B0014;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1

Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#74FFEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#373113no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9A000Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 7.3 Dark red · ΔE 9.1 Brown · ΔE 9.6 Firebrick · ΔE 13 Crimson · ΔE 27.2 Sienna · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 7.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#008B77

Analogous#8B005A, #8B3200

Triadic#148B00, #00148B

Split complementary#008B31, #005A8B

Tetradic#598B00, #008B77, #31008B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF5870

Lighter +30%#FF2544

Lighter +20%#F10023

Lighter +10%#BE001B

Darker −10%#58000D

Darker −20%#250005

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B0014

Less saturated −25%#7A1120

Channel breakdown

R139

B20

Red139 (54.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue351.37°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 00 · B 14

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