Colour

#A44040

#A44040
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A44040 is a red with RGB values 164, 64, 64 and HSL 0°, 44%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A44040#A44040

HEX#A44040

RGBrgb(164, 64, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.251, 0.251

RGB percentages64.3%, 25.1%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(0, 43.9%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 61%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 61%, 61%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,764,352

CSS custom property--colour: #A44040;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.2:1

Contrast with white6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#5BBFBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59543Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#72693Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B32D41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.8 Brown · ΔE 12.8 Sienna · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 21.8 Maroon · ΔE 23.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40A4A4

Analogous#A44072, #A47240

Triadic#40A440, #4040A4

Split complementary#40A472, #4072A4

Tetradic#72A440, #40A4A4, #7240A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9C7C7

Lighter +30%#DBA2A2

Lighter +20%#CC7E7E

Lighter +10%#BE5959

Darker −10%#7F3232

Darker −20%#5B2323

Darker −30%#361515

Darker −40%#110707

More saturated +25%#C12424

Less saturated −25%#885D5D

Channel breakdown

R164

G64

B64

Red164 (64.3%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)43.86%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 40 · B 40

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