Recognised as Colour

#A8083C

#A8083C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A8083C is a red with RGB values 168, 8, 60 and HSL 341°, 91%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A8083C#A8083C

HEX#A8083C

RGBrgb(168, 8, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.0314, 0.2353

RGB percentages65.9%, 3.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(340.5, 90.9%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.5, 95.2%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 95.2%, 64.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,012,156

CSS custom property--colour: #A8083C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.6:1

Contrast with white7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#57F7C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#41403Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#675F38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B90024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16.7 Firebrick · ΔE 21.2 Crimson · ΔE 23.2 Indian red · ΔE 23.5 Maroon · ΔE 25.9 Dark red · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 16.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08A874

Analogous#A8088C, #A82408

Triadic#3CA808, #083CA8

Split complementary#08A824, #088CA8

Tetradic#8CA808, #08A874, #2408A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F983A9

Lighter +30%#F75288

Lighter +20%#F42266

Lighter +10%#D90A4D

Darker −10%#77062B

Darker −20%#470319

Darker −30%#160108

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B00039

Less saturated −25%#921E44

Channel breakdown

R168

B60

Red168 (65.9%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue340.5°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 08 · B 3C

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