Recognised as Colour

#A70E00

#A70E00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#A70E00 is a red with RGB values 167, 14, 0 and HSL 5°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

#A70E00#A70E00

HEX#A70E00

RGBrgb(167, 14, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.0549, 0

RGB percentages65.5%, 5.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(5, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 91.6%, 100%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,948,096

CSS custom property--colour: #A70E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#58F1FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#473E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B5E00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B9000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 11.8 Firebrick · ΔE 12.1 Maroon · ΔE 16.8 Brown · ΔE 19.9 Crimson · ΔE 24.3 Tomato · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0099A7

Analogous#A70046, #A76100

Triadic#00A70E, #0E00A7

Split complementary#00A761, #0046A7

Tetradic#46A700, #0099A7, #6100A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8074

Lighter +30%#FF5141

Lighter +20%#FF220E

Lighter +10%#DA1200

Darker −10%#740A00

Darker −20%#410500

Darker −30%#0E0100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A70E00

Less saturated −25%#921F15

Channel breakdown

R167

G14

Red167 (65.5%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue5.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 0E · B 00

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