Colour

#A64848

#A64848
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A64848 is a red with RGB values 166, 72, 72 and HSL 0°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A64848#A64848

HEX#A64848

RGBrgb(166, 72, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.2824, 0.2824

RGB percentages65.1%, 28.2%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(0, 39.5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 56.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 56.6%, 56.6%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,897,480

CSS custom property--colour: #A64848;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#59B7B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5947no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#766D46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B53849no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.3 Brown · ΔE 16.6 Sienna · ΔE 18.9 Light coral · ΔE 23.4 Firebrick · ΔE 25.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48A6A6

Analogous#A64877, #A67748

Triadic#48A648, #4848A6

Split complementary#48A677, #4877A6

Tetradic#77A648, #48A6A6, #7748A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAD0D0

Lighter +30%#DBACAC

Lighter +20%#CC8888

Lighter +10%#BC6565

Darker −10%#823939

Darker −20%#5F2929

Darker −30%#3B1A1A

Darker −40%#180A0A

More saturated +25%#C42A2A

Less saturated −25%#886666

Channel breakdown

R166

G72

B72

Red166 (65.1%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)39.5%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 48 · B 48

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