Recognised as Colour

#A42A00

#A42A00
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#A42A00 is a orange with RGB values 164, 42, 0 and HSL 15°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#A42A00#A42A00

HEX#A42A00

RGBrgb(164, 42, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1647, 0

RGB percentages64.3%, 16.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(15.4, 100%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(15.4, 100%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 74.4%, 100%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,758,656

CSS custom property--colour: #A42A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09548WCAG 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 7.22:1

Contrast with white7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#5BD5FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B50024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 12.5 Firebrick · ΔE 14.3 Maroon · ΔE 16.3 Brown · ΔE 19.1 Chocolate · ΔE 23.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007AA4

Analogous#A40028, #A47C00

Triadic#00A42A, #2A00A4

Split complementary#00A47C, #0028A4

Tetradic#28A400, #007AA4, #7C00A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9571

Lighter +30%#FF6F3E

Lighter +20%#FF490B

Lighter +10%#D73700

Darker −10%#711D00

Darker −20%#3E1000

Darker −30%#0B0300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A42A00

Less saturated −25%#903414

Channel breakdown

R164

G42

Red164 (64.3%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue15.37°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 2A · B 00

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