Recognised as Colour

#A72127

#A72127
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A72127 is a red with RGB values 167, 33, 39 and HSL 357°, 67%, 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#A72127

RGBrgb(167, 33, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.1294, 0.1529

RGB percentages65.5%, 12.9%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(357.3, 67%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.3, 80.2%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 80.2%, 76.6%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,952,999

CSS custom property--colour: #A72127;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0945WCAG 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 7.27:1

Contrast with white7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#58DED8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4426no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6122no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B80025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 3.7 Firebrick · ΔE 7 Dark red · ΔE 13.2 Maroon · ΔE 13.9 Crimson · ΔE 20.6 Indian red · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 3.67, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21A7A1

Analogous#A7216A, #A75E21

Triadic#27A721, #2127A7

Split complementary#21A75E, #216AA7

Tetradic#6AA721, #21A7A1, #5E21A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEA6AA

Lighter +30%#E57C81

Lighter +20%#DD5158

Lighter +10%#D22931

Darker −10%#7C191D

Darker −20%#521013

Darker −30%#270809

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C00810

Less saturated −25%#8E3A3E

Channel breakdown

R167

G33

B39

Red167 (65.5%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue357.31°

Saturation (HSL)67%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 21 · B 27

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