Colour

#A84649

#A84649
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A84649 is a red with RGB values 168, 70, 73 and HSL 358°, 41%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#A84649

RGBrgb(168, 70, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2745, 0.2863

RGB percentages65.9%, 27.5%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(358.2, 41.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.2, 58.3%, 65.9%)

CMYK0%, 58.3%, 56.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,028,041

CSS custom property--colour: #A84649;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#57B9B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5948no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#766D47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B73548no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.7 Brown · ΔE 15.9 Sienna · ΔE 20.4 Light coral · ΔE 23.2 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#46A8A5

Analogous#A8467A, #A87446

Triadic#49A846, #4649A8

Split complementary#46A874, #467AA8

Tetradic#7AA846, #46A8A5, #7446A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBCFD0

Lighter +30%#DCABAD

Lighter +20%#CD8789

Lighter +10%#BE6366

Darker −10%#843739

Darker −20%#60282A

Darker −30%#3C191A

Darker −40%#180A0A

More saturated +25%#C6282D

Less saturated −25%#8A6465

Channel breakdown

R168

G70

B73

Red168 (65.9%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue358.16°

Saturation (HSL)41.18%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A8 · G 46 · B 49

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