Recognised as Colour

#8C0200

#8C0200
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8C0200 is a red with RGB values 140, 2, 0 and HSL 1°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#8C0200#8C0200

HEX#8C0200

RGBrgb(140, 2, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0078, 0

RGB percentages54.9%, 0.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(0.9, 100%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 100%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 98.6%, 100%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,175,552

CSS custom property--colour: #8C0200;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.89:1

Contrast with white9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#73FDFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#584D00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Tritanopia#9B0005no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 0.5 Maroon · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 12.5 Brown · ΔE 14.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Sienna · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 0.52, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#008A8C

Analogous#8C0044, #8C4800

Triadic#008C02, #02008C

Split complementary#008C48, #00448C

Tetradic#448C00, #008A8C, #48008C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF5B59

Lighter +30%#FF2926

Lighter +20%#F20300

Lighter +10%#BF0300

Darker −10%#590100

Darker −20%#260100

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C0200

Less saturated −25%#7B1312

Channel breakdown

R140

Red140 (54.9%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue0.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 02 · B 00

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