Recognised as Colour

#A42B53

#A42B53
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A42B53 is a red with RGB values 164, 43, 83 and HSL 340°, 58%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A42B53#A42B53

HEX#A42B53

RGBrgb(164, 43, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1686, 0.3255

RGB percentages64.3%, 16.9%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(340.2, 58.5%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.2, 73.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 73.8%, 49.4%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,758,995

CSS custom property--colour: #A42B53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#5BD4AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#484B54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#686350no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B3123Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 23.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.7 Brown · ΔE 24.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 29.2 Firebrick · ΔE 32.2 Light coral · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 23.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2BA47C

Analogous#A42B90, #A43F2B

Triadic#53A42B, #2B53A4

Split complementary#2BA43F, #2B90A4

Tetradic#90A42B, #2BA47C, #3F2BA4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAB1C4

Lighter +30%#E088A5

Lighter +20%#D56087

Lighter +10%#CB3768

Darker −10%#7C203F

Darker −20%#53162A

Darker −30%#2B0B16

Darker −40%#020101

More saturated +25%#BE114A

Less saturated −25%#8A455C

Channel breakdown

R164

G43

B83

Red164 (64.3%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue340.17°

Saturation (HSL)58.45%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 2B · B 53

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