Recognised as Colour

#A23521

#A23521
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A23521 is a red with RGB values 162, 53, 33 and HSL 9°, 66%, 38%. 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

#A23521#A23521

HEX#A23521

RGBrgb(162, 53, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2078, 0.1294

RGB percentages63.5%, 20.8%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(9.3, 66.2%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.3, 79.6%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 67.3%, 79.6%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,630,433

CSS custom property--colour: #A23521;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#5DCADE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544B1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F631Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#B31431no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.3 Firebrick · ΔE 12 Dark red · ΔE 13.4 Maroon · ΔE 13.6 Sienna · ΔE 15.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#218EA2

Analogous#A2214E, #A27521

Triadic#21A235, #3521A2

Split complementary#21A275, #214EA2

Tetradic#4EA221, #218EA2, #7521A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECAEA3

Lighter +30%#E48978

Lighter +20%#DB644E

Lighter +10%#CC432A

Darker −10%#782718

Darker −20%#4D1910

Darker −30%#230B07

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA2409

Less saturated −25%#8A4639

Channel breakdown

R162

G53

B33

Red162 (63.5%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue9.3°

Saturation (HSL)66.15%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 35 · B 21

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