Colour

#A20C0A

#A20C0A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#A20C0A is a red with RGB values 162, 12, 10 and HSL 1°, 88%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#A20C0A#A20C0A

HEX#A20C0A

RGBrgb(162, 12, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0471, 0.0392

RGB percentages63.5%, 4.7%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(0.8, 88.4%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.8, 93.8%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 92.6%, 93.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,619,914

CSS custom property--colour: #A20C0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07966WCAG 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 8.1:1

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

Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#5DF3F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#443C05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#675B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Tritanopia#B30010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 7.8 Firebrick · ΔE 8 Maroon · ΔE 12.6 Brown · ΔE 14.9 Crimson · ΔE 22.6 Tomato · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0AA0A2

Analogous#A20A54, #A2580A

Triadic#0AA20C, #0C0AA2

Split complementary#0AA258, #0A54A2

Tetradic#54A20A, #0AA0A2, #580AA2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F78281

Lighter +30%#F45351

Lighter +20%#F12321

Lighter +10%#D2100D

Darker −10%#720807

Darker −20%#420504

Darker −30%#120101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AC0200

Less saturated −25%#8C211F

Channel breakdown

R162

G12

B10

Red162 (63.5%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue0.79°

Saturation (HSL)88.37%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 0C · B 0A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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