Recognised as Colour

#A6232A

#A6232A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A6232A is a red with RGB values 166, 35, 42 and HSL 357°, 65%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#A6232A

RGBrgb(166, 35, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.1373, 0.1647

RGB percentages65.1%, 13.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(356.8, 65.2%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 78.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 78.9%, 74.7%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,887,978

CSS custom property--colour: #A6232A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#59DCD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4529no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6125no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B70027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 2.8 Firebrick · ΔE 8.8 Dark red · ΔE 14.5 Maroon · ΔE 14.6 Indian red · ΔE 19.7 Crimson · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 2.8, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23A69F

Analogous#A6236B, #A65E23

Triadic#2AA623, #232AA6

Split complementary#23A65D, #236BA6

Tetradic#6CA623, #23A69F, #5E23A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDA8AC

Lighter +30%#E47E84

Lighter +20%#DB545B

Lighter +10%#D02C35

Darker −10%#7C1A1F

Darker −20%#521115

Darker −30%#28080A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BF0A14

Less saturated −25%#8D3C40

Channel breakdown

R166

G35

B42

Red166 (65.1%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue356.79°

Saturation (HSL)65.17%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 23 · B 2A

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