Colour

#A55542

#A55542
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#A55542 is a red with RGB values 165, 85, 66 and HSL 12°, 43%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#A55542#A55542

HEX#A55542

RGBrgb(165, 85, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3333, 0.2588

RGB percentages64.7%, 33.3%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(11.5, 42.9%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.5, 60%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 48.5%, 60%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,835,266

CSS custom property--colour: #A55542;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#5AAABD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#696140no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7241no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B44750no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10 Indian red · ΔE 16.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 20.7 Light coral · ΔE 24.6 Dark salmon · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4292A5

Analogous#A54261, #A58642

Triadic#42A555, #5542A5

Split complementary#42A586, #4261A5

Tetradic#61A542, #4292A5, #8742A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAD0C9

Lighter +30%#DBAFA5

Lighter +20%#CC8F81

Lighter +10%#BE6F5C

Darker −10%#814233

Darker −20%#5C2F25

Darker −30%#381D16

Darker −40%#130A08

More saturated +25%#C24325

Less saturated −25%#88675F

Channel breakdown

R165

G85

B66

Red165 (64.7%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue11.52°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 55 · B 42

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