Recognised as Colour

#A12D44

#A12D44
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A12D44 is a red with RGB values 161, 45, 68 and HSL 348°, 56%, 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

#A12D44#A12D44

HEX#A12D44

RGBrgb(161, 45, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.1765, 0.2667

RGB percentages63.1%, 17.6%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(348.1, 56.3%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.1, 72%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 72%, 57.8%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,562,884

CSS custom property--colour: #A12D44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.06:1

Contrast with white7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#5ED2BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4944no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#696141no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B01036no 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 text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16.3 Indian red · ΔE 18.1 Firebrick · ΔE 24.4 Maroon · ΔE 26.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 27 Dark red · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 16.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DA18A

Analogous#A12D7E, #A1502D

Triadic#44A12D, #2D44A1

Split complementary#2DA150, #2D7EA1

Tetradic#7EA12D, #2DA18A, #502DA1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9B1BC

Lighter +30%#DE899A

Lighter +20%#D36178

Lighter +10%#C83956

Darker −10%#792233

Darker −20%#511722

Darker −30%#290C11

Darker −40%#020001

More saturated +25%#BB1334

Less saturated −25%#874754

Channel breakdown

R161

G45

B68

Red161 (63.1%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue348.1°

Saturation (HSL)56.31%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 2D · B 44

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