Recognised as Colour

#A24237

#A24237
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A24237 is a red with RGB values 162, 66, 55 and HSL 6°, 49%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#A24237

RGBrgb(162, 66, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2588, 0.2157

RGB percentages63.5%, 25.9%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(6.2, 49.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.2, 66%, 63.5%)

CMYK0%, 59.3%, 66%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,633,783

CSS custom property--colour: #A24237;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.23:1

Contrast with white6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#5DBDC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5435no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#736835no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B22F40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.8 Sienna · ΔE 13.5 Indian red · ΔE 14.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.3 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Maroon · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3797A2

Analogous#A23762, #A27737

Triadic#37A242, #4237A2

Split complementary#37A277, #3762A2

Tetradic#62A237, #3797A2, #7737A2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8C1BD

Lighter +30%#DC9E96

Lighter +20%#CF7A70

Lighter +10%#C2574A

Darker −10%#7C322A

Darker −20%#56231D

Darker −30%#301310

Darker −40%#0A0403

More saturated +25%#BD2C1C

Less saturated −25%#875852

Channel breakdown

R162

G66

B55

Red162 (63.5%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue6.17°

Saturation (HSL)49.31%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A2 · G 42 · B 37

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