Recognised as Colour

#A20837

#A20837
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A20837 is a red with RGB values 162, 8, 55 and HSL 342°, 91%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A20837#A20837

HEX#A20837

RGBrgb(162, 8, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0314, 0.2157

RGB percentages63.5%, 3.1%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(341.7, 90.6%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.7, 95.1%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 95.1%, 66%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,618,935

CSS custom property--colour: #A20837;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8:1

Contrast with white8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#5DF7C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3D37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#635B33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original

Tritanopia#B20021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15 Firebrick · ΔE 20.1 Indian red · ΔE 23.3 Maroon · ΔE 23.7 Crimson · ΔE 24 Dark red · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 14.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08A273

Analogous#A20884, #A22608

Triadic#37A208, #0837A2

Split complementary#08A226, #0884A2

Tetradic#84A208, #08A273, #2608A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F97DA3

Lighter +30%#F64D81

Lighter +20%#F41C5E

Lighter +10%#D30A48

Darker −10%#710627

Darker −20%#410316

Darker −30%#100106

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AA0034

Less saturated −25%#8D1D3F

Channel breakdown

R162

B55

Red162 (63.5%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue341.69°

Saturation (HSL)90.59%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 08 · B 37

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