Recognised as Colour

#C8081D

#C8081D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C8081D is a red with RGB values 200, 8, 29 and HSL 353°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#C8081D#C8081D

HEX#C8081D

RGBrgb(200, 8, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.0314, 0.1137

RGB percentages78.4%, 3.1%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(353.4, 92.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.4, 96%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 96%, 85.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,109,277

CSS custom property--colour: #C8081D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#37F7E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544A1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7110no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DD0016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.9 Crimson · ΔE 13 Dark red · ΔE 21 Tomato · ΔE 21.9 Brown · ΔE 22.3 Maroon · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08C8B3

Analogous#C8087D, #C85308

Triadic#1DC808, #081DC8

Split complementary#08C853, #087DC8

Tetradic#7DC808, #08C8B3, #5308C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBA1AB

Lighter +30%#F9707F

Lighter +20%#F73F53

Lighter +10%#F50E27

Darker −10%#970616

Darker −20%#66040F

Darker −30%#350208

Darker −40%#040001

More saturated +25%#D00017

Less saturated −25%#AE2231

Channel breakdown

R200

B29

Red200 (78.4%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue353.44°

Saturation (HSL)92.31%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G 08 · B 1D

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Colour values

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