Colour

#C90B08

#C90B08
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C90B08 is a red with RGB values 201, 11, 8 and HSL 1°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#C90B08#C90B08

HEX#C90B08

RGBrgb(201, 11, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.0431, 0.0314

RGB percentages78.8%, 4.3%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(0.9, 92.3%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 96%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 94.5%, 96%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,175,560

CSS custom property--colour: #C90B08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1

Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#36F4F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#807100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.8 from the original

Tritanopia#DE0011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 19.1 Crimson · ΔE 21.2 Orange red · ΔE 21.7 Red · ΔE 22.5 Tomato · ΔE 22.7 Dark red · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 19.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08C6C9

Analogous#C90866, #C96B08

Triadic#08C90B, #0B08C9

Split complementary#08C96B, #0865C9

Tetradic#66C908, #08C6C9, #6C08C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBA3A2

Lighter +30%#F97371

Lighter +20%#F74240

Lighter +10%#F5120F

Darker −10%#980806

Darker −20%#670604

Darker −30%#360302

Darker −40%#050000

More saturated +25%#D10300

Less saturated −25%#AF2422

Channel breakdown

R201

G11

Red201 (78.8%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue0.93°

Saturation (HSL)92.34%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 0B · B 08

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