Colour

#8B013B

#8B013B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8B013B is a red with RGB values 139, 1, 59 and HSL 335°, 99%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#8B013B

RGBrgb(139, 1, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0039, 0.2314

RGB percentages54.5%, 0.4%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(334.8, 98.6%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.8, 99.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 99.3%, 57.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,109,819

CSS custom property--colour: #8B013B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.7:1

Contrast with white9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#74FEC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#31343Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#524D38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original

Tritanopia#990020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.7 Indian red · ΔE 29.6 Maroon · ΔE 31.1 Firebrick · ΔE 31.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 33 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#018B51

Analogous#8B0180, #8B0C01

Triadic#3B8B01, #013B8B

Split complementary#018B0C, #01808B

Tetradic#808B01, #018B51, #0C018B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE5A9F

Lighter +30%#FD2881

Lighter +20%#F00266

Lighter +10%#BE0150

Darker −10%#580126

Darker −20%#260010

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C003B

Less saturated −25%#7A123E

Channel breakdown

R139

B59

Red139 (54.5%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue334.78°

Saturation (HSL)98.57%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 01 · B 3B

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Colour values

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