Recognised as Colour

#D0000B

#D0000B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#D0000B is a red with RGB values 208, 0, 11 and HSL 357°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#D0000B#D0000B

HEX#D0000B

RGBrgb(208, 0, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0, 0.0431

RGB percentages81.6%, 0%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(356.8, 100%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 100%, 81.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 94.7%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,631,499

CSS custom property--colour: #D0000B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#2FFFF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574C04no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#847500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74 from the original

Tritanopia#E6000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 19.9 Orange red · ΔE 20.6 Crimson · ΔE 20.9 Firebrick · ΔE 21.3 Tomato · ΔE 23.1 Dark red · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 19.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D0C5

Analogous#D00073, #D05D00

Triadic#0BD000, #000BD0

Split complementary#00D05D, #0073D0

Tetradic#73D000, #00D0C5, #5D00D0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9DA2

Lighter +30%#FF6A72

Lighter +20%#FF3742

Lighter +10%#FF0411

Darker −10%#9D0008

Darker −20%#6A0006

Darker −30%#370003

Darker −40%#040000

More saturated +25%#D0000B

Less saturated −25%#B61A22

Channel breakdown

R208

B11

Red208 (81.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue356.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D0 · G 00 · B 0B

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#D0000B

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else