Recognised as Colour

#A00512

#A00512
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A00512 is a red with RGB values 160, 5, 18 and HSL 355°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#A00512#A00512

HEX#A00512

RGBrgb(160, 5, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0196, 0.0706

RGB percentages62.7%, 2%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(355, 93.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355, 96.9%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 96.9%, 88.8%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,487,058

CSS custom property--colour: #A00512;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.32:1

Contrast with white8.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#5FFAED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#423A0Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#655906no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B1000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.2 Dark red · ΔE 7.5 Maroon · ΔE 11.2 Brown · ΔE 11.8 Crimson · ΔE 21.1 Indian red · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05A093

Analogous#A0055F, #A04505

Triadic#12A005, #0512A0

Split complementary#05A045, #055FA0

Tetradic#60A005, #05A093, #4605A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB7681

Lighter +30%#F94554

Lighter +20%#F81327

Lighter +10%#D10718

Darker −10%#6F030C

Darker −20%#3D0207

Darker −30%#0C0001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A5000E

Less saturated −25%#8B1A23

Channel breakdown

R160

B18

Red160 (62.7%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue354.97°

Saturation (HSL)93.94%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 05 · B 12

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