Recognised as Colour

#A02C44

#A02C44
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A02C44 is a red with RGB values 160, 44, 68 and HSL 348°, 57%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A02C44#A02C44

HEX#A02C44

RGBrgb(160, 44, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1725, 0.2667

RGB percentages62.7%, 17.3%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(347.6, 56.9%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.6, 72.5%, 62.7%)

CMYK0%, 72.5%, 57.5%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,497,092

CSS custom property--colour: #A02C44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1

Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#5FD3BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4944no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#686041no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AF0E36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16.7 Indian red · ΔE 18.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24.9 Maroon · ΔE 27 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.1 Dark red · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 16.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CA088

Analogous#A02C7E, #A04E2C

Triadic#44A02C, #2C44A0

Split complementary#2CA04E, #2C7EA0

Tetradic#7EA02C, #2CA088, #4E2CA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9AFBB

Lighter +30%#DE8799

Lighter +20%#D35F77

Lighter +10%#C83755

Darker −10%#782133

Darker −20%#501622

Darker −30%#280B11

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA1335

Less saturated −25%#874653

Channel breakdown

R160

G44

B68

Red160 (62.7%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue347.59°

Saturation (HSL)56.86%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A0 · G 2C · B 44

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