Recognised as Colour

#A20003

#A20003
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#A20003 is a red with RGB values 162, 0, 3 and HSL 359°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#A20003#A20003

HEX#A20003

RGBrgb(162, 0, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0, 0.0118

RGB percentages63.5%, 0%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(358.9, 100%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.9, 100%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 98.1%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,616,835

CSS custom property--colour: #A20003;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.28:1

Contrast with white8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#5DFFFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#423900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#665A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B30007no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 9.4 Firebrick · ΔE 10.4 Maroon · ΔE 14.5 Brown · ΔE 17.8 Crimson · ΔE 23.2 Tomato · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00A29F

Analogous#A20054, #A24E00

Triadic#03A200, #0003A2

Split complementary#00A24E, #0054A2

Tetradic#54A200, #00A29F, #4E00A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6F72

Lighter +30%#FF3C40

Lighter +20%#FF090E

Lighter +10%#D50004

Darker −10%#6F0002

Darker −20%#3C0001

Darker −30%#090000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A20003

Less saturated −25%#8E1416

Channel breakdown

R162

Red162 (63.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue358.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 00 · B 03

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