Recognised as Colour

#A50906

#A50906
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A50906 is a red with RGB values 165, 9, 6 and HSL 1°, 93%, 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

#A50906#A50906

HEX#A50906

RGBrgb(165, 9, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.0353, 0.0235

RGB percentages64.7%, 3.5%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(1.1, 93%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.1, 96.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 94.5%, 96.4%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,815,750

CSS custom property--colour: #A50906;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.95:1

Contrast with white7.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#5AF6F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#453C01no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#695C00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B7000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.6 Dark red · ΔE 9.7 Maroon · ΔE 14.7 Brown · ΔE 17.3 Crimson · ΔE 22.7 Tomato · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06A2A5

Analogous#A50652, #A55806

Triadic#06A509, #0906A5

Split complementary#06A558, #0653A5

Tetradic#53A506, #06A2A5, #5806A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA7F7D

Lighter +30%#F84F4C

Lighter +20%#F71E1A

Lighter +10%#D60C08

Darker −10%#740604

Darker −20%#430402

Darker −30%#110101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB0300

Less saturated −25%#901E1B

Channel breakdown

R165

Red165 (64.7%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue1.13°

Saturation (HSL)92.98%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 09 · B 06

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