Recognised as Colour

#A2072C

#A2072C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A2072C is a red with RGB values 162, 7, 44 and HSL 346°, 92%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A2072C#A2072C

HEX#A2072C

RGBrgb(162, 7, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0275, 0.1725

RGB percentages63.5%, 2.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(345.7, 91.7%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.7, 95.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 95.7%, 72.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,618,668

CSS custom property--colour: #A2072C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.07:1

Contrast with white8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#5DF8D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413C2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#655B27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B3001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.9 Firebrick · ΔE 13.6 Maroon · ΔE 18 Dark red · ΔE 18.4 Crimson · ΔE 20.8 Indian red · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07A27D

Analogous#A20779, #A23007

Triadic#2CA207, #072CA2

Split complementary#07A22F, #0779A2

Tetradic#79A207, #07A27D, #3007A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F97C9A

Lighter +30%#F74B74

Lighter +20%#F51A4E

Lighter +10%#D30939

Darker −10%#71051F

Darker −20%#400311

Darker −30%#0F0104

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A90028

Less saturated −25%#8D1C37

Channel breakdown

R162

B44

Red162 (63.5%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue345.68°

Saturation (HSL)91.72%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 07 · B 2C

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