Colour

#A92A37

#A92A37
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#A92A37 is a red with RGB values 169, 42, 55 and HSL 354°, 60%, 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

#A92A37#A92A37

HEX#A92A37

RGBrgb(169, 42, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.1647, 0.2157

RGB percentages66.3%, 16.5%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(353.9, 60.2%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.9, 75.1%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 75.1%, 67.5%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,086,391

CSS custom property--colour: #A92A37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.6 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#464646

Inverted#56D5C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4936no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6433no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BA0030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 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 6.9 Firebrick · ΔE 14.4 Indian red · ΔE 16.5 Maroon · ΔE 19.5 Dark red · ΔE 20.2 Crimson · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AA99C

Analogous#A92A76, #A95C2A

Triadic#37A92A, #2A37A9

Split complementary#2AA95C, #2A76A9

Tetradic#77A92A, #2AA99C, #5D2AA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECB3B9

Lighter +30%#E28A93

Lighter +20%#D8616D

Lighter +10%#CE3848

Darker −10%#80202A

Darker −20%#57161C

Darker −30%#2E0C0F

Darker −40%#060102

More saturated +25%#C31022

Less saturated −25%#8F444C

Channel breakdown

R169

G42

B55

Red169 (66.3%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue353.86°

Saturation (HSL)60.19%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 2A · B 37

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