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Recognised as Colour

#A45943

  • #A45943
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#A45943 is a red with RGB values 164, 89, 67 and HSL 14°, 42%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#A45943#A45943
HEX#A45943
RGBrgb(164, 89, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.349, 0.2627
RGB percentages64.3%, 34.9%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(13.6, 42%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(13.6, 59.1%, 64.3%)
CMYK0%, 45.7%, 59.1%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,770,755
CSS custom property--colour: #A45943;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#5BA6BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C6441no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E7442no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B34C54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 9.7Saddle brown · ΔE 17.3Indian red · ΔE 18.2Brown · ΔE 23.2Dark salmon · ΔE 23.7Light coral · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#438EA4
Analogous#A4435E, #A48943
Triadic#43A459, #5943A4
Split complementary#43A489, #435EA4
Tetradic#5EA443, #438EA4, #8A43A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9D1CA
Lighter +30%#DAB2A6
Lighter +20%#CC9281
Lighter +10%#BD735D
Darker −10%#804534
Darker −20%#5C3225
Darker −30%#371E17
Darker −40%#130A08
More saturated +25%#C14926
Less saturated −25%#876960

Channel breakdown

R164
G89
B67
Red164 (64.3%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue13.61°
Saturation (HSL)41.99%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A4 · G 59 · B 43

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