Recognised as Colour

#8B023A

#8B023A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8B023A is a red with RGB values 139, 2, 58 and HSL 335°, 97%, 28%. 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#8B023A

RGBrgb(139, 2, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0078, 0.2275

RGB percentages54.5%, 0.8%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(335.5, 97.2%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.5, 98.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 98.6%, 58.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,110,074

CSS custom property--colour: #8B023A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.69:1

Contrast with white9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#74FDC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#31343Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#534D37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Tritanopia#990020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24 Indian red · ΔE 29.2 Maroon · ΔE 30.3 Firebrick · ΔE 31.2 Dark red · ΔE 33 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#028B53

Analogous#8B027F, #8B0E02

Triadic#3A8B02, #023A8B

Split complementary#028B0F, #027E8B

Tetradic#7F8B02, #028B53, #0E028B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD5C9E

Lighter +30%#FC2A80

Lighter +20%#F00364

Lighter +10%#BD034F

Darker −10%#590125

Darker −20%#260110

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D003A

Less saturated −25%#79143D

Channel breakdown

R139

B58

Red139 (54.5%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue335.47°

Saturation (HSL)97.16%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 02 · B 3A

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