Colour

#A9535E

#A9535E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#A9535E is a red with RGB values 169, 83, 94 and HSL 352°, 34%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#A9535E

RGBrgb(169, 83, 94)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3255, 0.3686

RGB percentages66.3%, 32.5%, 36.9%

HSLhsl(352.3, 34.1%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 50.9%, 66.3%)

CMYK0%, 50.9%, 44.4%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,096,926

CSS custom property--colour: #A9535E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#56ACA1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64635Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A745Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B74957no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 16.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.7 Light coral · ΔE 22.9 Brown · ΔE 25.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.3 Sienna · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 16.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53A99E

Analogous#A95389, #A97353

Triadic#5EA953, #535EA9

Split complementary#53A973, #5389A9

Tetradic#89A953, #53A99E, #7353A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDDBDD

Lighter +30%#DCB9BD

Lighter +20%#CC969D

Lighter +10%#BB747D

Darker −10%#87424B

Darker −20%#653138

Darker −30%#422125

Darker −40%#201012

More saturated +25%#C93447

Less saturated −25%#8A7375

Channel breakdown

R169

G83

B94

Red169 (66.3%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue94 (36.9%)

Hue352.33°

Saturation (HSL)34.13%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A9 · G 53 · B 5E

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