Recognised as Colour

#A23629

#A23629
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A23629 is a red with RGB values 162, 54, 41 and HSL 6°, 60%, 40%. 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

#A23629#A23629

HEX#A23629

RGBrgb(162, 54, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2118, 0.1608

RGB percentages63.5%, 21.2%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(6.4, 59.6%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.4, 74.7%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 74.7%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,630,697

CSS custom property--colour: #A23629;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1048WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1

Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#5DC9D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544C27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6425no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B21834no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6.2 Firebrick · ΔE 13.2 Maroon · ΔE 15 Dark red · ΔE 15.6 Sienna · ΔE 15.8 Indian red · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2995A2

Analogous#A22958, #A27329

Triadic#29A236, #3629A2

Split complementary#29A272, #2959A2

Tetradic#59A229, #2995A2, #7329A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAB3AD

Lighter +30%#E08E84

Lighter +20%#D6695B

Lighter +10%#CB4433

Darker −10%#79281F

Darker −20%#511B14

Darker −30%#280D0A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BB2210

Less saturated −25%#894A42

Channel breakdown

R162

G54

B41

Red162 (63.5%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue6.45°

Saturation (HSL)59.61%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 36 · B 29

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