Recognised as Colour

#A83E2C

#A83E2C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A83E2C is a red with RGB values 168, 62, 44 and HSL 9°, 58%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A83E2C#A83E2C

HEX#A83E2C

RGBrgb(168, 62, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2431, 0.1725

RGB percentages65.9%, 24.3%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(8.7, 58.5%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 73.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 63.1%, 73.8%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,025,964

CSS custom property--colour: #A83E2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.19:1

Contrast with white6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#57C1D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5229no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#766A29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B9243Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.6 Sienna · ΔE 13.6 Firebrick · ΔE 14.1 Indian red · ΔE 16.9 Maroon · ΔE 17.1 Dark red · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C96A8

Analogous#A82C58, #A87C2C

Triadic#2CA83E, #3E2CA8

Split complementary#2CA87C, #2C58A8

Tetradic#58A82C, #2C96A8, #7C2CA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBBCB5

Lighter +30%#E1988C

Lighter +20%#D67464

Lighter +10%#CC503B

Darker −10%#802F21

Darker −20%#572017

Darker −30%#2F110C

Darker −40%#060202

More saturated +25%#C32B11

Less saturated −25%#8E5146

Channel breakdown

R168

G62

B44

Red168 (65.9%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue8.71°

Saturation (HSL)58.49%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 3E · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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