Recognised as Colour

#A00800

#A00800
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#A00800 is a red with RGB values 160, 8, 0 and HSL 3°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#A00800#A00800

HEX#A00800

RGBrgb(160, 8, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0314, 0

RGB percentages62.7%, 3.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(3, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 95%, 100%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,487,808

CSS custom property--colour: #A00800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.3:1

Contrast with white8.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#5FF7FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#655900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B1000Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 9 Firebrick · ΔE 11.2 Maroon · ΔE 14 Brown · ΔE 18.1 Crimson · ΔE 24.8 Tomato · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 9, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0098A0

Analogous#A00048, #A05800

Triadic#00A008, #0800A0

Split complementary#00A058, #0048A0

Tetradic#48A000, #0098A0, #5800A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF746D

Lighter +30%#FF443A

Lighter +20%#FF1307

Lighter +10%#D30B00

Darker −10%#6D0500

Darker −20%#3A0300

Darker −30%#070000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A00800

Less saturated −25%#8C1A14

Channel breakdown

R160

Red160 (62.7%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 08 · B 00

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