#120808

Color #120808

A muted very dark red.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 4.39 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-950 #0c090c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#120808

RGB

rgb(18, 8, 8)

HSL

hsl(0, 38.5%, 5.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 55.6%, 7.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 55.6%, 92.9%)

LAB

lab(2.89, 3.12, 1.1)

LCH

lch(2.89, 3.31, 19.42)

OKLCH

oklch(15%, 0.0183, 19.42)

HWB

hwb(0, 3.1%, 92.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#081212

Analogous

#12080d

#120808

#120d08

Triadic

#120808

#081208

#080812

Split-complementary

#120808

#08120d

#080d12

Tetradic

#120808

#121208

#081212

#080812

Square

#120808

#0d1208

#081212

#0d0812

Shades

Color #120808 mixed toward black.

#0f0707

#0c0505

#090404

#060303

#030101

Tints

Color #120808 mixed toward white.

#4a2121

#823a3a

#b55757

#cd8f8f

#e6c7c7

Tones

Color #120808 mixed toward gray.

#110909

#100a0a

#100b0b

#0f0b0b

#0e0c0c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

19.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.06:1

White text reads better on this background (19.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0e08 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#0f0f08 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#120808 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#0b0b0b · ΔE 4.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #120808;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#120808]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#120808 (#120808) is rgb(18, 8, 8) in RGB.

No, #120808 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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