Colour

#A4060B

#A4060B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A4060B is a red with RGB values 164, 6, 11 and HSL 358°, 93%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#A4060B#A4060B

HEX#A4060B

RGBrgb(164, 6, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.0235, 0.0431

RGB percentages64.3%, 2.4%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(358.1, 92.9%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.1, 96.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 96.3%, 93.3%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,749,451

CSS custom property--colour: #A4060B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#5BF9F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#443B07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#685B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B6000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 7.9 Dark red · ΔE 8.8 Maroon · ΔE 13.5 Brown · ΔE 15.4 Crimson · ΔE 21.6 Tomato · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06A49F

Analogous#A4065A, #A45006

Triadic#0BA406, #060BA4

Split complementary#06A450, #065AA4

Tetradic#5AA406, #06A49F, #5006A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA7C80

Lighter +30%#F84B50

Lighter +20%#F71920

Lighter +10%#D5080E

Darker −10%#730408

Darker −20%#420204

Darker −30%#100101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AA0005

Less saturated −25%#8F1B1F

Channel breakdown

R164

B11

Red164 (64.3%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue358.1°

Saturation (HSL)92.94%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 06 · B 0B

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