Colour

#8D2207

#8D2207
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#8D2207 is a red with RGB values 141, 34, 7 and HSL 12°, 91%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#8D2207

RGBrgb(141, 34, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.1333, 0.0275

RGB percentages55.3%, 13.3%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(12.1, 90.5%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.1, 95%, 55.3%)

CMYK0%, 75.9%, 95%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,249,287

CSS custom property--colour: #8D2207;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.88:1

Contrast with white8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#72DDF8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#443B01no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9C001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 8 Dark red · ΔE 8 Brown · ΔE 13.7 Firebrick · ΔE 14.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.3 Sienna · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07728D

Analogous#8D072F, #8D6507

Triadic#078D22, #22078D

Split complementary#078D65, #072F8D

Tetradic#2F8D07, #07728D, #65078D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F88568

Lighter +30%#F55E38

Lighter +20%#EE390C

Lighter +10%#BE2E09

Darker −10%#5C1605

Darker −20%#2C0B02

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#941E00

Less saturated −25%#7B2D1A

Channel breakdown

R141

G34

Red141 (55.3%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue12.09°

Saturation (HSL)90.54%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8D · G 22 · B 07

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