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Recognised as Colour

#A94A42

  • #A94A42
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#A94A42 is a red with RGB values 169, 74, 66 and HSL 5°, 44%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#A94A42#A94A42
HEX#A94A42
RGBrgb(169, 74, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.2902, 0.2588
RGB percentages66.3%, 29%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(4.7, 43.8%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(4.7, 60.9%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 56.2%, 60.9%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,094,594
CSS custom property--colour: #A94A42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#56B5BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#625B41no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#796F40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B93949no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.6Brown · ΔE 14.5Sienna · ΔE 14.8Saddle brown · ΔE 21.8Firebrick · ΔE 22.7Light coral · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#42A1A9
Analogous#A9426E, #A97E42
Triadic#42A94A, #4A42A9
Split complementary#42A97E, #426DA9
Tetradic#6DA942, #42A1A9, #7E42A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBCECC
Lighter +30%#DDABA7
Lighter +20%#CE8883
Lighter +10%#C0665E
Darker −10%#843A34
Darker −20%#602A25
Darker −30%#3B1A17
Darker −40%#160A09
More saturated +25%#C63125
Less saturated −25%#8C635F

Channel breakdown

R169
G74
B66
Red169 (66.3%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue4.66°
Saturation (HSL)43.83%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 4A · B 42

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