Recognised as Colour

#8B0F0D

#8B0F0D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#8B0F0D is a red with RGB values 139, 15, 13 and HSL 1°, 83%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#8B0F0D#8B0F0D

HEX#8B0F0D

RGBrgb(139, 15, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.0588, 0.051

RGB percentages54.5%, 5.9%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(1, 82.9%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 90.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK0%, 89.2%, 90.6%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,113,357

CSS custom property--colour: #8B0F0D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.67:1

Contrast with white9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#74F0F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B330Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#584E03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9A0011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 3.8 Dark red · ΔE 5.3 Brown · ΔE 10.5 Firebrick · ΔE 12.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.1 Sienna · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 3.83, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D898B

Analogous#8B0D4A, #8B4E0D

Triadic#0D8B0F, #0F0D8B

Split complementary#0D8B4E, #0D4A8B

Tetradic#4A8B0D, #0D898B, #4E0D8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F27472

Lighter +30%#ED4644

Lighter +20%#E81916

Lighter +10%#BA1411

Darker −10%#5C0A09

Darker −20%#2E0504

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#980200

Less saturated −25%#782120

Channel breakdown

R139

G15

B13

Red139 (54.5%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue0.95°

Saturation (HSL)82.89%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8B · G 0F · B 0D

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