Recognised as Colour

#A8023D

#A8023D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A8023D is a red with RGB values 168, 2, 61 and HSL 339°, 98%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A8023D#A8023D

HEX#A8023D

RGBrgb(168, 2, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.0078, 0.2392

RGB percentages65.9%, 0.8%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(338.7, 97.6%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.7, 98.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 98.8%, 63.7%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,010,621

CSS custom property--colour: #A8023D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1

Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#57FDC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403F3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#665E39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B90023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18 Firebrick · ΔE 22.3 Crimson · ΔE 23.6 Indian red · ΔE 24.4 Maroon · ΔE 27 Dark red · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02A86D

Analogous#A80290, #A81A02

Triadic#3DA802, #023DA8

Split complementary#02A81A, #0290A8

Tetradic#90A802, #02A86D, #1A02A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD79A8

Lighter +30%#FD4687

Lighter +20%#FC1466

Lighter +10%#DA034F

Darker −10%#76012B

Darker −20%#430118

Darker −30%#110006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AA003C

Less saturated −25%#931743

Channel breakdown

R168

B61

Red168 (65.9%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue338.67°

Saturation (HSL)97.65%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 02 · B 3D

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