Recognised as Colour

#A72E1F

#A72E1F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A72E1F is a red with RGB values 167, 46, 31 and HSL 7°, 69%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A72E1F#A72E1F

HEX#A72E1F

RGBrgb(167, 46, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.1804, 0.1216

RGB percentages65.5%, 18%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(6.6, 68.7%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.6, 81.4%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 72.5%, 81.4%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,956,319

CSS custom property--colour: #A72E1F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1

Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#58D1E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52491Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#706419no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B8002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 7.4 Firebrick · ΔE 7.5 Dark red · ΔE 11.1 Maroon · ΔE 12.8 Sienna · ΔE 20 Indian red · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F98A7

Analogous#A71F54, #A7721F

Triadic#1FA72E, #2E1FA7

Split complementary#1FA772, #1F54A7

Tetradic#54A71F, #1F98A7, #721FA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEACA4

Lighter +30%#E68579

Lighter +20%#DE5E4E

Lighter +10%#D23A27

Darker −10%#7C2217

Darker −20%#51160F

Darker −30%#260A07

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C01B06

Less saturated −25%#8E4138

Channel breakdown

R167

G46

B31

Red167 (65.5%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue6.62°

Saturation (HSL)68.69%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 2E · B 1F

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