Recognised as Colour

#A2001C

#A2001C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A2001C is a red with RGB values 162, 0, 28 and HSL 350°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#A2001C#A2001C

HEX#A2001C

RGBrgb(162, 0, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0, 0.1098

RGB percentages63.5%, 0%, 11%

HSLhsl(349.6, 100%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.6, 100%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 82.7%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,616,860

CSS custom property--colour: #A2001C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.23:1

Contrast with white8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#5DFFE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413A1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#655A14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B30010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.7 Brown · ΔE 9.6 Dark red · ΔE 10.9 Maroon · ΔE 12.9 Crimson · ΔE 19.1 Indian red · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00A286

Analogous#A2006D, #A23500

Triadic#1CA200, #001CA2

Split complementary#00A235, #006DA2

Tetradic#6DA200, #00A286, #3500A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6F88

Lighter +30%#FF3C5E

Lighter +20%#FF0934

Lighter +10%#D50025

Darker −10%#6F0013

Darker −20%#3C000A

Darker −30%#090002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A2001C

Less saturated −25%#8E1429

Channel breakdown

R162

B28

Red162 (63.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue349.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 00 · B 1C

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