Recognised as Colour

#A82936

#A82936
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A82936 is a red with RGB values 168, 41, 54 and HSL 354°, 61%, 41%. 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

#A82936#A82936

HEX#A82936

RGBrgb(168, 41, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.1608, 0.2118

RGB percentages65.9%, 16.1%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(353.9, 60.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.9, 75.6%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 75.6%, 67.9%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,020,598

CSS custom property--colour: #A82936;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.92:1

Contrast with white6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#57D6C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4935no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6432no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B9002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6.7 Firebrick · ΔE 14.3 Indian red · ΔE 16.8 Maroon · ΔE 19.2 Dark red · ΔE 19.9 Crimson · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.75, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29A89B

Analogous#A82975, #A85B29

Triadic#36A829, #2936A8

Split complementary#29A85B, #2975A8

Tetradic#76A829, #29A89B, #5C29A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECB1B7

Lighter +30%#E28891

Lighter +20%#D85F6B

Lighter +10%#CE3646

Darker −10%#7F1F29

Darker −20%#56151C

Darker −30%#2D0B0E

Darker −40%#040101

More saturated +25%#C20F21

Less saturated −25%#8E434B

Channel breakdown

R168

G41

B54

Red168 (65.9%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue353.86°

Saturation (HSL)60.77%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 29 · B 36

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