Recognised as Colour

#8C091D

#8C091D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#8C091D is a red with RGB values 140, 9, 29 and HSL 351°, 88%, 29%. 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#8C091D

RGBrgb(140, 9, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0353, 0.1137

RGB percentages54.9%, 3.5%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(350.8, 87.9%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.8, 93.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 93.6%, 79.3%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,177,373

CSS custom property--colour: #8C091D;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness77.5 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#262626

Inverted#73F6E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#39331Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#574E18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9B0014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 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

Brown · ΔE 9 Maroon · ΔE 11.3 Dark red · ΔE 13.7 Firebrick · ΔE 15.2 Indian red · ΔE 25.6 Sienna · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#098C78

Analogous#8C095F, #8C3709

Triadic#1D8C09, #091D8C

Split complementary#098C37, #095F8C

Tetradic#5E8C09, #098C78, #36098C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F66B81

Lighter +30%#F23C57

Lighter +20%#EC0F31

Lighter +10%#BC0C27

Darker −10%#5C0613

Darker −20%#2C0309

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#950017

Less saturated −25%#791C2A

Channel breakdown

R140

B29

Red140 (54.9%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue350.84°

Saturation (HSL)87.92%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 09 · B 1D

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