#590708

sRGB · 89 / 7 / 8

#590708 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 89 red, 7 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 359.3° lands in the red region. Its 85.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 18.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 89, 7, 8
HSL: 359.27°, 85.42%, 18.82%
HSV / HSB: 359.27°, 92.13%, 34.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 92.13%, 91.01%, 65.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 4.240, 2.294, 0.449
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 16.959, 35.259, 22.815
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02293
24-bit decimal: 5834504

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #590708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.46:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 14.40:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#075958 sits half a turn (180°) from #590708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#590708 #075958

Analogous

#590731 and #592F07 sit 30° to either side of #590708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#590731 #590708 #592F07

Triadic

#590708, #085907 and #070859 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#590708 #085907 #070859

Split complementary

Start at #590708 and look across the wheel. #07592F and #073159 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#590708 #07592F #073159

Square

Starting with #590708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #315907, #075958, then #2F0759. Across the square, #590708 pairs with #075958, and #315907 with #2F0759.

#590708 #315907 #075958 #2F0759

Tetradic

#590708 and #075958 are opposites, as are #595807 and #070859. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#590708 #595807 #075958 #070859

Tints

Mixing #590708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7A3939, keeps 80% of the original. By #DECDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#590708 #7A3939 #9B6A6B #BD9C9C #DECDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #590708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #470606, keeps 80% of the original. By #120102, the mixture is 80% black.

#590708 #470606 #350405 #240303 #120102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #590708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #611F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #786868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#590708 #611F20 #693738 #705050 #786868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#590708

RGB

rgb(89 7 8)

HSL

hsl(359.268 85.417% 18.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #590708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#590708 uses 89 red, 7 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 34.9%

Green 2.7%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #590708 is 0.0% cyan, 92.1% magenta, 91.0% yellow and 65.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 92.1%

Yellow 91.0%

Black 65.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #550000. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #500 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #590708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #660000, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #550000 Nearest web-safe · #660000

Gradient to complement

#590708 #4B1515 #3E2223 #303030 #223E3D #154B4B #075958

Color vision previews

Compare how #590708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#231F07

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#373004

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#630009

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3D1B06

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#432705

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5A050A

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#2A2A2A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#461D1E

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.09990 G 0.00212 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.31813 G 0.06451 B 0.05149

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.08254 G 0.00537 B 0.00407

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.607 y 0.328 Y 2.294

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 65.098 M % 97.255 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01011001 00000111 00001000