Recognised as Colour

#A50029

#A50029
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A50029 is a red with RGB values 165, 0, 41 and HSL 345°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A50029#A50029

HEX#A50029

RGBrgb(165, 0, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 0.1608

RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(345.1, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.1, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 75.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,813,481

CSS custom property--colour: #A50029;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#5AFFD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413C29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#665C23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B60017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.1 Firebrick · ΔE 11.6 Dark red · ΔE 17 Maroon · ΔE 17.4 Crimson · ΔE 18.7 Indian red · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00A57C

Analogous#A5007C, #A52900

Triadic#29A500, #0029A5

Split complementary#00A529, #007CA5

Tetradic#7CA500, #00A57C, #2900A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF7295

Lighter +30%#FF3F6F

Lighter +20%#FF0C48

Lighter +10%#D80036

Darker −10%#72001C

Darker −20%#3F0010

Darker −30%#0C0003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A50029

Less saturated −25%#901533

Channel breakdown

R165

B41

Red165 (64.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue345.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B 29

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