Recognised as Colour

#9F1808

#9F1808
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#9F1808 is a red with RGB values 159, 24, 8 and HSL 6°, 90%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#9F1808

RGBrgb(159, 24, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.0941, 0.0314

RGB percentages62.4%, 9.4%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(6.4, 90.4%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.4, 95%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 84.9%, 95%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,426,376

CSS custom property--colour: #9F1808;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#60E7F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#463D03no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#675A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B00017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 6.8 Firebrick · ΔE 9.1 Maroon · ΔE 11.4 Brown · ΔE 14.4 Crimson · ΔE 25 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#088F9F

Analogous#9F0844, #9F6308

Triadic#089F18, #18089F

Split complementary#089F64, #08439F

Tetradic#449F08, #088F9F, #64089F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8887B

Lighter +30%#F65C4A

Lighter +20%#F3311A

Lighter +10%#D01F0A

Darker −10%#6E1106

Darker −20%#3E0903

Darker −30%#0D0201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A71200

Less saturated −25%#8A281D

Channel breakdown

R159

G24

Red159 (62.4%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue6.36°

Saturation (HSL)90.42%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 18 · B 08

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