Recognised as Colour

#A90229

#A90229
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A90229 is a red with RGB values 169, 2, 41 and HSL 346°, 98%, 34%. 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

#A90229#A90229

HEX#A90229

RGBrgb(169, 2, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.0078, 0.1608

RGB percentages66.3%, 0.8%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(346, 97.7%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 98.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 98.8%, 75.7%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,076,137

CSS custom property--colour: #A90229;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.7:1

Contrast with white7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#56FDD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433E29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#695E23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BB0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.2 Firebrick · ΔE 10.3 Dark red · ΔE 16.7 Crimson · ΔE 17.1 Maroon · ΔE 17.6 Indian red · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02A982

Analogous#A9027D, #A92F02

Triadic#29A902, #0229A9

Split complementary#02A92F, #027DA9

Tetradic#7CA902, #02A982, #2E02A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD7A98

Lighter +30%#FD4772

Lighter +20%#FC154B

Lighter +10%#DB0335

Darker −10%#77011D

Darker −20%#440111

Darker −30%#120004

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB0028

Less saturated −25%#941734

Channel breakdown

R169

B41

Red169 (66.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue345.99°

Saturation (HSL)97.66%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 02 · B 29

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