Recognised as Colour

#A4293B

#A4293B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A4293B is a red with RGB values 164, 41, 59 and HSL 351°, 60%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A4293B#A4293B

HEX#A4293B

RGBrgb(164, 41, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1608, 0.2314

RGB percentages64.3%, 16.1%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(351.2, 60%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.2, 75%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 75%, 64%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,758,459

CSS custom property--colour: #A4293B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.1:1

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

Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#5BD6C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B483Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A6238no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B40031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.7 Indian red · ΔE 17.1 Firebrick · ΔE 18.6 Maroon · ΔE 21.9 Dark red · ΔE 23.3 Crimson · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29A492

Analogous#A42978, #A45529

Triadic#3BA429, #293BA4

Split complementary#29A455, #2978A4

Tetradic#78A429, #29A492, #5529A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBAEB7

Lighter +30%#E18593

Lighter +20%#D65D6E

Lighter +10%#CC344A

Darker −10%#7B1F2C

Darker −20%#52151E

Darker −30%#2A0A0F

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#BE0F29

Less saturated −25%#8A434D

Channel breakdown

R164

G41

B59

Red164 (64.3%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue351.22°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 29 · B 3B

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