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Recognised as Colour

#A34959

  • #A34959
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#A34959 is a red with RGB values 163, 73, 89 and HSL 349°, 38%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A34959#A34959
HEX#A34959
RGBrgb(163, 73, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.2863, 0.349
RGB percentages63.9%, 28.6%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(349.3, 38.1%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.3, 55.2%, 63.9%)
CMYK0%, 55.2%, 45.4%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,701,145
CSS custom property--colour: #A34959;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#5CB6A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5B5B59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#726D57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B03E4Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 17.8Pale violetred · ΔE 20.5Brown · ΔE 24.9Light coral · ΔE 25.7Sienna · ΔE 28.4Rosy brown · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 17.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49A393
Analogous#A34986, #A36649
Triadic#59A349, #4959A3
Split complementary#49A366, #4986A3
Tetradic#86A349, #49A393, #6649A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9CFD3
Lighter +30%#DAABB4
Lighter +20%#CA8894
Lighter +10%#BA6574
Darker −10%#803946
Darker −20%#5D2933
Darker −30%#391A1F
Darker −40%#160A0C
More saturated +25%#C12C46
Less saturated −25%#85666C

Channel breakdown

R163
G73
B89
Red163 (63.9%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue349.33°
Saturation (HSL)38.14%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A3 · G 49 · B 59

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