Colour

#A42914

#A42914
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A42914 is a red with RGB values 164, 41, 20 and HSL 9°, 78%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#A42914

RGBrgb(164, 41, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1608, 0.0784

RGB percentages64.3%, 16.1%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(8.8, 78.3%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.8, 87.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 75%, 87.8%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,758,420

CSS custom property--colour: #A42914;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.23:1

Contrast with white7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#5BD6EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F460Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D610Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B50026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.4 Dark red · ΔE 9.1 Brown · ΔE 11.4 Maroon · ΔE 12.1 Sienna · ΔE 21.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#148FA4

Analogous#A41447, #A47114

Triadic#14A429, #2914A4

Split complementary#14A471, #1447A4

Tetradic#47A414, #148FA4, #7114A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2A092

Lighter +30%#EC7965

Lighter +20%#E75137

Lighter +10%#D1341A

Darker −10%#771E0E

Darker −20%#491209

Darker −30%#1C0703

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B81B00

Less saturated −25%#8D392B

Channel breakdown

R164

G41

B20

Red164 (64.3%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue8.75°

Saturation (HSL)78.26%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 29 · B 14

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