Recognised as Colour

#A23340

#A23340
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A23340 is a red with RGB values 162, 51, 64 and HSL 353°, 52%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A23340#A23340

HEX#A23340

RGBrgb(162, 51, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2, 0.251

RGB percentages63.5%, 20%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(353, 52.1%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 68.5%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 68.5%, 60.5%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,629,952

CSS custom property--colour: #A23340;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.81:1

Contrast with white6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#5DCCBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504C40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C633Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B11A38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 12.8 Indian red · ΔE 15.4 Firebrick · ΔE 21.7 Maroon · ΔE 23.9 Sienna · ΔE 25 Dark red · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 12.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#33A295

Analogous#A23378, #A25D33

Triadic#40A233, #3340A2

Split complementary#33A25D, #3378A2

Tetradic#78A233, #33A295, #5D33A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9B8BE

Lighter +30%#DD919A

Lighter +20%#D06B77

Lighter +10%#C44453

Darker −10%#7B2731

Darker −20%#541B21

Darker −30%#2E0E12

Darker −40%#070203

More saturated +25%#BD182C

Less saturated −25%#874E54

Channel breakdown

R162

G51

B64

Red162 (63.5%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue352.97°

Saturation (HSL)52.11%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 33 · B 40

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