Recognised as Colour
#A52A2A
- #A52A2A
- Red
- Dark
- Named: Brown
#A52A2A is the CSS colour red with RGB values 165, 42, 42 and HSL 0°, 59%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.
Colour values
#A52A2A#A52A2A
HEX#A52A2A
RGBrgb(165, 42, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.1647, 0.1647
RGB percentages64.7%, 16.5%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(0, 59.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0, 74.5%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 74.5%, 74.5%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,824,234
CSS custom property--colour: #A52A2A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.09822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#5AD5D5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2AA5A5
Analogous#A52A68, #A5682A
Triadic#2AA52A, #2A2AA5
Split complementary#2AA568, #2A68A5
Tetradic#68A52A, #2AA5A5, #682AA5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R165
G42
B42
Red165 (64.7%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue0°
Saturation (HSL)59.42%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 2A · B 2A
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