Recognised as Colour

#A53A40

#A53A40
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A53A40 is a red with RGB values 165, 58, 64 and HSL 357°, 48%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A53A40#A53A40

HEX#A53A40

RGBrgb(165, 58, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.2275, 0.251

RGB percentages64.7%, 22.7%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(356.6, 48%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 64.8%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 64.8%, 61.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,828,352

CSS custom property--colour: #A53A40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#5AC5BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#55513Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#70673Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B5243Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.7 Indian red · ΔE 13.3 Firebrick · ΔE 20.7 Sienna · ΔE 21.8 Maroon · ΔE 23.2 Dark red · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3AA59F

Analogous#A53A76, #A56A3A

Triadic#40A53A, #3A40A5

Split complementary#3AA56A, #3A76A5

Tetradic#76A53A, #3AA59F, #693AA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9C2C4

Lighter +30%#DC9C9F

Lighter +20%#CF767B

Lighter +10%#C25057

Darker −10%#7F2D31

Darker −20%#5A1F23

Darker −30%#341214

Darker −40%#0E0505

More saturated +25%#C11E27

Less saturated −25%#895659

Channel breakdown

R165

G58

B64

Red165 (64.7%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue356.64°

Saturation (HSL)47.98%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 3A · B 40

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