Recognised as Colour

#8F0505

#8F0505
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#8F0505 is a red with RGB values 143, 5, 5 and HSL 0°, 93%, 29%. 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

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HEX#8F0505

RGBrgb(143, 5, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.0196, 0.0196

RGB percentages56.1%, 2%, 2%

HSLhsl(0, 93.2%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 96.5%, 56.1%)

CMYK0%, 96.5%, 96.5%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,372,933

CSS custom property--colour: #8F0505;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#70FAFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3302no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A4F00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9F0009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 1.4 Maroon · ΔE 5.6 Firebrick · ΔE 11.2 Brown · ΔE 13.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.2 Sienna · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 1.43, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#058F8F

Analogous#8F054A, #8F4A05

Triadic#058F05, #05058F

Split complementary#058F4A, #054A8F

Tetradic#4A8F05, #058F8F, #4A058F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA6666

Lighter +30%#F83535

Lighter +20%#F20808

Lighter +10%#C00707

Darker −10%#5E0303

Darker −20%#2C0202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#940000

Less saturated −25%#7D1818

Channel breakdown

R143

Red143 (56.1%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)93.24%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 8F · G 05 · B 05

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