Colour

#A80E24

#A80E24
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#A80E24 is a red with RGB values 168, 14, 36 and HSL 351°, 85%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#A80E24#A80E24

HEX#A80E24

RGBrgb(168, 14, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.0549, 0.1412

RGB percentages65.9%, 5.5%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(351.4, 84.6%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 91.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 91.7%, 78.6%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,013,668

CSS custom property--colour: #A80E24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1

Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#57F1DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#463F23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A5F1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BA001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.8 Brown · ΔE 8.2 Dark red · ΔE 13.5 Maroon · ΔE 15 Crimson · ΔE 17.7 Indian red · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0EA892

Analogous#A80E71, #A8450E

Triadic#24A80E, #0E24A8

Split complementary#0EA845, #0E71A8

Tetradic#71A80E, #0EA892, #450EA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F58D9C

Lighter +30%#F25D73

Lighter +20%#EE2E4A

Lighter +10%#D7122E

Darker −10%#790A1A

Darker −20%#4A0610

Darker −30%#1B0206

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B6001A

Less saturated −25%#912534

Channel breakdown

R168

G14

B36

Red168 (65.9%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue351.43°

Saturation (HSL)84.62%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 0E · B 24

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