Recognised as Colour

#A9474F

#A9474F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A9474F is a red with RGB values 169, 71, 79 and HSL 355°, 41%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#A9474F

RGBrgb(169, 71, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.2784, 0.3098

RGB percentages66.3%, 27.8%, 31%

HSLhsl(355.1, 40.8%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.1, 58%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 58%, 53.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,093,839

CSS custom property--colour: #A9474F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.67:1

Contrast with white5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#56B8B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5A4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#766E4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B8384Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.4 Brown · ΔE 18.2 Light coral · ΔE 23 Sienna · ΔE 23.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.3 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#47A9A1

Analogous#A94780, #A97047

Triadic#4FA947, #474FA9

Split complementary#47A970, #4780A9

Tetradic#80A947, #47A9A1, #7047A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD1D3

Lighter +30%#DCADB1

Lighter +20%#CD898E

Lighter +10%#BE656C

Darker −10%#85383E

Darker −20%#61292D

Darker −30%#3D1A1D

Darker −40%#190B0C

More saturated +25%#C72936

Less saturated −25%#8B6568

Channel breakdown

R169

G71

B79

Red169 (66.3%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue355.1°

Saturation (HSL)40.83%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 47 · B 4F

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