Colour

#A55553

#A55553
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A55553 is a red with RGB values 165, 85, 83 and HSL 1°, 33%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A55553#A55553

HEX#A55553

RGBrgb(165, 85, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3333, 0.3255

RGB percentages64.7%, 33.3%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(1.5, 33.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.5, 49.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK0%, 48.5%, 49.7%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,835,283

CSS custom property--colour: #A55553;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.22:1

Contrast with white5.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#5AAAAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676252no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7351no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B34A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 15.5 Sienna · ΔE 19.8 Light coral · ΔE 23 Brown · ΔE 23.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 25.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 15.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53A3A5

Analogous#A5537A, #A57E53

Triadic#53A555, #5553A5

Split complementary#53A57E, #537AA5

Tetradic#7AA553, #53A3A5, #7E53A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD9D8

Lighter +30%#DBB7B6

Lighter +20%#C99695

Lighter +10%#B87473

Darker −10%#834442

Darker −20%#613231

Darker −30%#3F2120

Darker −40%#1D0F0F

More saturated +25%#C43834

Less saturated −25%#867272

Channel breakdown

R165

G85

B83

Red165 (64.7%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue1.46°

Saturation (HSL)33.06%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A5 · G 55 · B 53

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