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Recognised as Colour

#A24938

  • #A24938
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#A24938 is a red with RGB values 162, 73, 56 and HSL 10°, 49%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#A24938#A24938
HEX#A24938
RGBrgb(162, 73, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2863, 0.2196
RGB percentages63.5%, 28.6%, 22%
HSLhsl(9.6, 48.6%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.6, 65.4%, 63.5%)
CMYK0%, 54.9%, 65.4%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,635,576
CSS custom property--colour: #A24938;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.92:1
Contrast with white5.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#5DB6C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#605836no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#766B36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B13845no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10.1Brown · ΔE 15.2Indian red · ΔE 15.5Saddle brown · ΔE 16.7Firebrick · ΔE 22.8Maroon · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3891A2
Analogous#A2385C, #A27E38
Triadic#38A249, #4938A2
Split complementary#38A27E, #385CA2
Tetradic#5CA238, #3891A2, #7E38A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8C4BE
Lighter +30%#DBA398
Lighter +20%#CE8172
Lighter +10%#C15F4C
Darker −10%#7C382B
Darker −20%#56271E
Darker −30%#301611
Darker −40%#0A0504
More saturated +25%#BD361D
Less saturated −25%#875C53

Channel breakdown

R162
G73
B56
Red162 (63.5%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue9.62°
Saturation (HSL)48.62%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A2 · G 49 · B 38

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