Recognised as Colour

#A02C28

#A02C28
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A02C28 is a red with RGB values 160, 44, 40 and HSL 2°, 60%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A02C28#A02C28

HEX#A02C28

RGBrgb(160, 44, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1725, 0.1569

RGB percentages62.7%, 17.3%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(2, 60%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2, 75%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 72.5%, 75%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,497,064

CSS custom property--colour: #A02C28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.28:1

Contrast with white7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#5FD3D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4726no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6024no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B0002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 2.6 Firebrick · ΔE 11.4 Maroon · ΔE 13.5 Dark red · ΔE 14.3 Indian red · ΔE 18.8 Sienna · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 2.56, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#289CA0

Analogous#A02860, #A06828

Triadic#28A02C, #2C28A0

Split complementary#28A068, #2860A0

Tetradic#60A028, #289CA0, #6828A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAACAA

Lighter +30%#E08581

Lighter +20%#D55D59

Lighter +10%#C93732

Darker −10%#77211E

Darker −20%#4E1614

Darker −30%#260A09

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B9150F

Less saturated −25%#874341

Channel breakdown

R160

G44

B40

Red160 (62.7%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue2°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 2C · B 28

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