Recognised as Colour

#A30229

#A30229
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A30229 is a red with RGB values 163, 2, 41 and HSL 345°, 98%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#A30229

RGBrgb(163, 2, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.0078, 0.1608

RGB percentages63.9%, 0.8%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(345.5, 97.6%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.5, 98.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 98.8%, 74.8%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,682,921

CSS custom property--colour: #A30229;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#5CFDD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403C29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#655B23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62 from the original

Tritanopia#B40018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.7 Firebrick · ΔE 12 Dark red · ΔE 17 Maroon · ΔE 17.1 Crimson · ΔE 19.6 Indian red · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02A37C

Analogous#A30279, #A32B02

Triadic#29A302, #0229A3

Split complementary#02A32B, #027AA3

Tetradic#7AA302, #02A37C, #2C02A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD7495

Lighter +30%#FD416F

Lighter +20%#FC0F48

Lighter +10%#D50336

Darker −10%#71011C

Darker −20%#3E0110

Darker −30%#0C0003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A50028

Less saturated −25%#8E1734

Channel breakdown

R163

B41

Red163 (63.9%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue345.47°

Saturation (HSL)97.58%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 02 · B 29

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