Colour

#A7175C

#A7175C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#A7175C is a red with RGB values 167, 23, 92 and HSL 331°, 76%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#A7175C

RGBrgb(167, 23, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.0902, 0.3608

RGB percentages65.5%, 9%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(331.3, 75.8%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.3, 86.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 86.2%, 44.9%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,950,492

CSS custom property--colour: #A7175C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.19:1

Contrast with white7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#58E8A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D465Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#636159no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B60039no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 19.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.2 Hot pink · ΔE 30.2 Deep pink · ΔE 31.9 Indian red · ΔE 32.1 Brown · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 19.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17A762

Analogous#A717A4, #A71A17

Triadic#5CA717, #175CA7

Split complementary#17A71A, #17A4A7

Tetradic#A4A717, #17A762, #1A17A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F199C3

Lighter +30%#EB6CA9

Lighter +20%#E53F8F

Lighter +10%#D41D75

Darker −10%#7A1143

Darker −20%#4D0B2B

Darker −30%#210412

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BE005B

Less saturated −25%#8F2F5D

Channel breakdown

R167

G23

B92

Red167 (65.5%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue331.25°

Saturation (HSL)75.79%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 17 · B 5C

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