Recognised as Colour

#A50720

#A50720
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A50720 is a red with RGB values 165, 7, 32 and HSL 351°, 92%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#A50720#A50720

HEX#A50720

RGBrgb(165, 7, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.0275, 0.1255

RGB percentages64.7%, 2.7%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(350.5, 91.9%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.5, 95.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 95.8%, 80.6%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,815,264

CSS custom property--colour: #A50720;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#5AF8DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433D1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#675C19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B60015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.6 Brown · ΔE 8.8 Dark red · ΔE 12.2 Maroon · ΔE 13.9 Crimson · ΔE 18.4 Indian red · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07A58C

Analogous#A5076F, #A53D07

Triadic#20A507, #0720A5

Split complementary#07A53D, #076FA5

Tetradic#6FA507, #07A58C, #3D07A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA7E92

Lighter +30%#F74E68

Lighter +20%#F51D3F

Lighter +10%#D60929

Darker −10%#740517

Darker −20%#43030D

Darker −30%#120104

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AC001B

Less saturated −25%#901C2F

Channel breakdown

R165

B32

Red165 (64.7%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue350.51°

Saturation (HSL)91.86%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 07 · B 20

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