Colour

#A00049

#A00049
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#A00049 is a red with RGB values 160, 0, 73 and HSL 333°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#A00049#A00049

HEX#A00049

RGBrgb(160, 0, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0, 0.2863

RGB percentages62.7%, 0%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(332.6, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(332.6, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 54.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,485,833

CSS custom property--colour: #A00049;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.11:1

Contrast with white8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#5FFFB6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383D4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5A46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AF0029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 26.4 Brown · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 29.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.5 Firebrick · ΔE 32.4 Crimson · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 26.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00A057

Analogous#A00099, #A00700

Triadic#49A000, #0049A0

Split complementary#00A007, #0099A0

Tetradic#99A000, #00A057, #0700A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6DB0

Lighter +30%#FF3A94

Lighter +20%#FF0778

Lighter +10%#D30060

Darker −10%#6D0032

Darker −20%#3A001A

Darker −30%#070003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A00049

Less saturated −25%#8C144B

Channel breakdown

R160

B73

Red160 (62.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue332.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 00 · B 49

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