Recognised as Colour
#A59694
- #A59694
- Red
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#A59694 is a red with RGB values 165, 150, 148 and HSL 7°, 9%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#A59694#A59694
HEX#A59694
RGBrgb(165, 150, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5882, 0.5804
RGB percentages64.7%, 58.8%, 58%
HSLhsl(7.1, 8.6%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.1, 10.3%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 10.3%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,851,988
CSS custom property--colour: #A59694;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.3195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#5A696B
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#94A3A5
Analogous#A5949B, #A59F94
Triadic#94A596, #9694A5
Split complementary#94A59F, #949BA5
Tetradic#9BA594, #94A3A5, #9E94A5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R165
G150
B148
Red165 (64.7%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue7.06°
Saturation (HSL)8.63%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 96 · B 94
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page