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Recognised as Colour

#A00951

  • #A00951
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#A00951 is a red with RGB values 160, 9, 81 and HSL 331°, 89%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#A00951#A00951
HEX#A00951
RGBrgb(160, 9, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0353, 0.3176
RGB percentages62.7%, 3.5%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(331.4, 89.3%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.4, 94.4%, 62.7%)
CMYK0%, 94.4%, 49.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,488,145
CSS custom property--colour: #A00951;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.92:1
Contrast with white7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#5FF6AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#384052no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5B4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 23.1Pale violetred · ΔE 29.2Brown · ΔE 30.5Indian red · ΔE 31.2Hot pink · ΔE 33.7Deep pink · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 23.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#09A058
Analogous#A0099C, #A00D09
Triadic#51A009, #0951A0
Split complementary#09A00D, #099CA0
Tetradic#9CA009, #09A058, #0D09A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F87DB8
Lighter +30%#F54D9D
Lighter +20%#F21D83
Lighter +10%#D00C69
Darker −10%#700639
Darker −20%#3F0420
Darker −30%#0F0108
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A90051
Less saturated −25%#8B1E52

Channel breakdown

R160
G9
B81
Red160 (62.7%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue331.39°
Saturation (HSL)89.35%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A0 · G 09 · B 51

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