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Recognised as Colour

#A15B59

  • #A15B59
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#A15B59 is a red with RGB values 161, 91, 89 and HSL 2°, 29%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A15B59#A15B59
HEX#A15B59
RGBrgb(161, 91, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.3569, 0.349
RGB percentages63.1%, 35.7%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(1.7, 28.8%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 44.7%, 63.1%)
CMYK0%, 43.5%, 44.7%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,574,681
CSS custom property--colour: #A15B59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#5EA4A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A6658no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B7458no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AE525Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 19.6Rosy brown · ΔE 21.6Sienna · ΔE 22.1Light coral · ΔE 24.9Pale violetred · ΔE 25.8Dark salmon · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 19.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#599FA1
Analogous#A1597B, #A17F59
Triadic#59A15B, #5B59A1
Split complementary#59A17F, #597BA1
Tetradic#7BA159, #599FA1, #7F59A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBDBDB
Lighter +30%#D9BBBA
Lighter +20%#C79B99
Lighter +10%#B57A78
Darker −10%#804847
Darker −20%#5F3635
Darker −30%#3E2323
Darker −40%#1E1110
More saturated +25%#C03D3A
Less saturated −25%#827978

Channel breakdown

R161
G91
B89
Red161 (63.1%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue1.67°
Saturation (HSL)28.8%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A1 · G 5B · B 59

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