Recognised as Colour

#8C1000

#8C1000
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8C1000 is a red with RGB values 140, 16, 0 and HSL 7°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#8C1000#8C1000

HEX#8C1000

RGBrgb(140, 16, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.0627, 0

RGB percentages54.9%, 6.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(6.9, 100%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.9, 100%, 54.9%)

CMYK0%, 88.6%, 100%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,179,136

CSS custom property--colour: #8C1000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05946WCAG 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 9.59:1

Contrast with white9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#73EFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C3400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#594E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9B000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 3 Maroon · ΔE 5.7 Firebrick · ΔE 13.2 Brown · ΔE 14.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 2.96, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007C8C

Analogous#8C0036, #8C5600

Triadic#008C10, #10008C

Split complementary#008C56, #00368C

Tetradic#368C00, #007C8C, #56008C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6C59

Lighter +30%#FF3F26

Lighter +20%#F21C00

Lighter +10%#BF1600

Darker −10%#590A00

Darker −20%#260400

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C1000

Less saturated −25%#7B1D12

Channel breakdown

R140

G16

Red140 (54.9%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue6.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8C · G 10 · B 00

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