Recognised as Colour

#8D1503

#8D1503
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8D1503 is a red with RGB values 141, 21, 3 and HSL 8°, 96%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#8D1503

RGBrgb(141, 21, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.0824, 0.0118

RGB percentages55.3%, 8.2%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(7.8, 95.8%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.8, 97.9%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 85.1%, 97.9%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,245,955

CSS custom property--colour: #8D1503;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.37:1

Contrast with white9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#72EAFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#9C0013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 3.8 Maroon · ΔE 5.7 Firebrick · ΔE 13 Brown · ΔE 13.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.5 Sienna · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)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#037B8D

Analogous#8D0336, #8D5A03

Triadic#038D15, #15038D

Split complementary#038D5A, #03368D

Tetradic#368D03, #037B8D, #5A038D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC7560

Lighter +30%#FB492E

Lighter +20%#F12405

Lighter +10%#BF1C04

Darker −10%#5B0E02

Darker −20%#290601

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#901300

Less saturated −25%#7B2215

Channel breakdown

R141

G21

Red141 (55.3%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue7.83°

Saturation (HSL)95.83%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 15 · B 03

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