Recognised as Colour

#A02729

#A02729
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A02729 is a red with RGB values 160, 39, 41 and HSL 359°, 61%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A02729#A02729

HEX#A02729

RGBrgb(160, 39, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1529, 0.1608

RGB percentages62.7%, 15.3%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(359, 60.8%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359, 75.6%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 75.6%, 74.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,495,785

CSS custom property--colour: #A02729;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.45:1

Contrast with white7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#5FD8D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4428no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#695E25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B00029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 1.9 Firebrick · ΔE 11.2 Maroon · ΔE 13.8 Dark red · ΔE 14.6 Indian red · ΔE 19.2 Sienna · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 1.93, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27A09E

Analogous#A02766, #A06227

Triadic#29A027, #2729A0

Split complementary#27A061, #2766A0

Tetradic#66A027, #27A09E, #6127A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAA9AA

Lighter +30%#E08082

Lighter +20%#D65759

Lighter +10%#C93134

Darker −10%#771D1E

Darker −20%#4E1314

Darker −30%#250909

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B90E11

Less saturated −25%#874041

Channel breakdown

R160

G39

B41

Red160 (62.7%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue359.01°

Saturation (HSL)60.8%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 27 · B 29

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