Colour

#A92844

#A92844
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A92844 is a red with RGB values 169, 40, 68 and HSL 347°, 62%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#A92844#A92844

HEX#A92844

RGBrgb(169, 40, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.1569, 0.2667

RGB percentages66.3%, 15.7%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(347, 61.7%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347, 76.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 76.3%, 59.8%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,085,892

CSS custom property--colour: #A92844;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.83:1

Contrast with white6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#56D7BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4A44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6441no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Tritanopia#B90034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.2 Indian red · ΔE 18.2 Firebrick · ΔE 22.1 Maroon · ΔE 26.3 Crimson · ΔE 26.6 Dark red · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28A98D

Analogous#A92884, #A94D28

Triadic#44A928, #2844A9

Split complementary#28A94D, #2884A9

Tetradic#84A928, #28A98D, #4D28A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECB1BE

Lighter +30%#E3879B

Lighter +20%#D95E79

Lighter +10%#CF3556

Darker −10%#801E33

Darker −20%#571423

Darker −30%#2D0B12

Darker −40%#040102

More saturated +25%#C30E35

Less saturated −25%#8F4253

Channel breakdown

R169

G40

B68

Red169 (66.3%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue346.98°

Saturation (HSL)61.72%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 28 · B 44

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