Colour

#A51759

#A51759
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#A51759 is a red with RGB values 165, 23, 89 and HSL 332°, 76%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#A51759#A51759

HEX#A51759

RGBrgb(165, 23, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.0902, 0.349

RGB percentages64.7%, 9%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(332.1, 75.5%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(332.1, 86.1%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 86.1%, 46.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,819,417

CSS custom property--colour: #A51759;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1

Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#5AE8A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C455Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#626056no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Tritanopia#B40037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 21.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.2 Hot pink · ΔE 31.2 Indian red · ΔE 31.2 Brown · ΔE 32.2 Deep pink · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 21.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17A563

Analogous#A517A0, #A51C17

Triadic#59A517, #1759A5

Split complementary#17A51C, #17A0A5

Tetradic#A0A517, #17A563, #1C17A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F197C1

Lighter +30%#EA6BA6

Lighter +20%#E43E8B

Lighter +10%#D21D71

Darker −10%#781141

Darker −20%#4B0B29

Darker −30%#1F0411

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC0057

Less saturated −25%#8E2F5B

Channel breakdown

R165

G23

B89

Red165 (64.7%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue332.11°

Saturation (HSL)75.53%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 17 · B 59

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