Recognised as Colour

#A72E52

#A72E52
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A72E52 is a red with RGB values 167, 46, 82 and HSL 342°, 57%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A72E52#A72E52

HEX#A72E52

RGBrgb(167, 46, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.1804, 0.3216

RGB percentages65.5%, 18%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(342.1, 56.8%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.1, 72.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 72.5%, 50.9%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,956,370

CSS custom property--colour: #A72E52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.65:1

Contrast with white6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#58D1AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4D53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B654Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B6153Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 22.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.4 Firebrick · ΔE 30.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.6 Light coral · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 21.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2EA783

Analogous#A72E8F, #A7472E

Triadic#52A72E, #2E52A7

Split complementary#2EA747, #2E8FA7

Tetradic#8FA72E, #2EA783, #472EA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBB6C6

Lighter +30%#E08EA6

Lighter +20%#D56687

Lighter +10%#CA3E68

Darker −10%#7F233E

Darker −20%#57182B

Darker −30%#2F0D17

Darker −40%#070203

More saturated +25%#C21347

Less saturated −25%#8C495D

Channel breakdown

R167

G46

B82

Red167 (65.5%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue342.15°

Saturation (HSL)56.81%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 2E · B 52

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#A72E52

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else