Recognised as Colour

#8B0333

#8B0333
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8B0333 is a red with RGB values 139, 3, 51 and HSL 339°, 96%, 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

#8B0333#8B0333

HEX#8B0333

RGBrgb(139, 3, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0118, 0.2

RGB percentages54.5%, 1.2%, 20%

HSLhsl(338.8, 95.8%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.8, 97.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 97.8%, 63.3%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,110,323

CSS custom property--colour: #8B0333;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#74FCCC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#333334no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#544D30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Tritanopia#99001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.8 Maroon · ΔE 25.7 Firebrick · ΔE 27.1 Indian red · ΔE 27.2 Dark red · ΔE 28.5 Crimson · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#038B5B

Analogous#8B0377, #8B1703

Triadic#338B03, #03338B

Split complementary#038B17, #03778B

Tetradic#778B03, #038B5B, #17038B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC5E96

Lighter +30%#FA2D75

Lighter +20%#EF0558

Lighter +10%#BD0445

Darker −10%#590221

Darker −20%#27010E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E0032

Less saturated −25%#791538

Channel breakdown

R139

B51

Red139 (54.5%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue338.82°

Saturation (HSL)95.77%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 03 · B 33

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