Recognised as Colour

#A7391E

#A7391E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A7391E is a red with RGB values 167, 57, 30 and HSL 12°, 70%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#A7391E

RGBrgb(167, 57, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.2235, 0.1176

RGB percentages65.5%, 22.4%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(11.8, 69.5%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.8, 82%, 65.5%)

CMYK0%, 65.9%, 82%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,959,134

CSS custom property--colour: #A7391E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11235WCAG 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 6.47:1

Contrast with white6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#58C6E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594F1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Deuteranopia#746719no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B81934no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.3 Firebrick · ΔE 12.3 Dark red · ΔE 13.9 Maroon · ΔE 15.1 Sienna · ΔE 15.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E8CA7

Analogous#A71E48, #A77E1E

Triadic#1EA739, #391EA7

Split complementary#1EA77E, #1E47A7

Tetradic#47A71E, #1E8CA7, #7E1EA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEB2A3

Lighter +30%#E78D77

Lighter +20%#DF694C

Lighter +10%#D24826

Darker −10%#7C2A16

Darker −20%#511B0E

Darker −30%#250D07

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C02A05

Less saturated −25%#8E4837

Channel breakdown

R167

G57

B30

Red167 (65.5%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue11.82°

Saturation (HSL)69.54%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A7 · G 39 · B 1E

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