Colour

#8E1700

#8E1700
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8E1700 is a red with RGB values 142, 23, 0 and HSL 10°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#8E1700#8E1700

HEX#8E1700

RGBrgb(142, 23, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0902, 0

RGB percentages55.7%, 9%, 0%

HSLhsl(9.7, 100%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.7, 100%, 55.7%)

CMYK0%, 83.8%, 100%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,312,000

CSS custom property--colour: #8E1700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06364WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness79.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.24:1

Contrast with white9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#71E8FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9D0014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 4.7 Maroon · ΔE 7.1 Firebrick · ΔE 13.5 Brown · ΔE 14.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.3 Sienna · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 4.7, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00778E

Analogous#8E0030, #8E5E00

Triadic#008E17, #17008E

Split complementary#008E5E, #00308E

Tetradic#308E00, #00778E, #5E008E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF765B

Lighter +30%#FF4B28

Lighter +20%#F42800

Lighter +10%#C11F00

Darker −10%#5B0F00

Darker −20%#280600

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E1700

Less saturated −25%#7C2312

Channel breakdown

R142

G23

Red142 (55.7%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue9.72°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8E · G 17 · B 00

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