Recognised as Colour

#A12E0E

#A12E0E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#A12E0E is a red with RGB values 161, 46, 14 and HSL 13°, 84%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#A12E0E

RGBrgb(161, 46, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.1804, 0.0549

RGB percentages63.1%, 18%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(13.1, 84%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.1, 91.3%, 63.1%)

CMYK0%, 71.4%, 91.3%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,563,086

CSS custom property--colour: #A12E0E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.21:1

Contrast with white7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#5ED1F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514706no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6104no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B20029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 10.7 Firebrick · ΔE 12.1 Maroon · ΔE 13.2 Brown · ΔE 14.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.8 Sienna · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E81A1

Analogous#A10E38, #A1770E

Triadic#0EA12E, #2E0EA1

Split complementary#0EA177, #0E38A1

Tetradic#38A10E, #0E81A1, #770EA1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F59E86

Lighter +30%#F07958

Lighter +20%#EC5329

Lighter +10%#D03B12

Darker −10%#72210A

Darker −20%#431306

Darker −30%#140602

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF2600

Less saturated −25%#8B3A24

Channel breakdown

R161

G46

B14

Red161 (63.1%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue13.06°

Saturation (HSL)84%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A1 · G 2E · B 0E

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Colour harmonies

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