Recognised as Colour

#A62929

#A62929
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A62929 is a red with RGB values 166, 41, 41 and HSL 0°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A62929#A62929

HEX#A62929

RGBrgb(166, 41, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.1608, 0.1608

RGB percentages65.1%, 16.1%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(0, 60.4%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 75.3%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 75.3%, 75.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,889,513

CSS custom property--colour: #A62929;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.07:1

Contrast with white7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#59D6D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4728no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6224no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B7002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 1 Firebrick · ΔE 8.6 Dark red · ΔE 13.8 Maroon · ΔE 14 Indian red · ΔE 19.1 Sienna · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 0.95, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29A6A6

Analogous#A62968, #A66829

Triadic#29A629, #2929A6

Split complementary#29A668, #2968A6

Tetradic#68A629, #29A6A6, #6829A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBB0B0

Lighter +30%#E18787

Lighter +20%#D75E5E

Lighter +10%#CD3535

Darker −10%#7D1F1F

Darker −20%#541515

Darker −30%#2B0B0B

Darker −40%#020101

More saturated +25%#C00F0F

Less saturated −25%#8C4343

Channel breakdown

R166

G41

B41

Red166 (65.1%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)60.39%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 29 · B 29

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