Recognised as Colour

#A40449

#A40449
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A40449 is a red with RGB values 164, 4, 73 and HSL 334°, 95%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#A40449

RGBrgb(164, 4, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.0157, 0.2863

RGB percentages64.3%, 1.6%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(334.1, 95.2%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.1, 97.6%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 97.6%, 55.5%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,749,001

CSS custom property--colour: #A40449;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#5BFBB6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3F4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original

Deuteranopia#625C45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B4002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.3 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.1 Indian red · ΔE 27.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.1 Firebrick · ΔE 30.7 Crimson · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04A45F

Analogous#A40499, #A40F04

Triadic#49A404, #0449A4

Split complementary#04A40F, #0499A4

Tetradic#99A404, #04A45F, #0F04A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC78B1

Lighter +30%#FB4794

Lighter +20%#F91577

Lighter +10%#D6055F

Darker −10%#720333

Darker −20%#40021D

Darker −30%#0F0007

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A80048

Less saturated −25%#8F194C

Channel breakdown

R164

B73

Red164 (64.3%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue334.13°

Saturation (HSL)95.24%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 04 · B 49

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