Recognised as Colour

#AA2202

#AA2202
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AA2202 is a red with RGB values 170, 34, 2 and HSL 11°, 98%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AA2202#AA2202

HEX#AA2202

RGBrgb(170, 34, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1333, 0.0078

RGB percentages66.7%, 13.3%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(11.4, 97.7%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.4, 98.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 80%, 98.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,149,826

CSS custom property--colour: #AA2202;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1

Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#55DDFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F4500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#706200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BC001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.5 Dark red · ΔE 12.6 Maroon · ΔE 17.2 Brown · ΔE 19.4 Chocolate · ΔE 25.5 Tomato · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#028AAA

Analogous#AA0236, #AA7602

Triadic#02AA22, #2202AA

Split complementary#02AA76, #0236AA

Tetradic#36AA02, #028AAA, #7602AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD937B

Lighter +30%#FD6B48

Lighter +20%#FC4216

Lighter +10%#DC2C03

Darker −10%#781801

Darker −20%#450E01

Darker −30%#130400

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AC2100

Less saturated −25%#942F17

Channel breakdown

R170

G34

Red170 (66.7%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue11.43°

Saturation (HSL)97.67%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 22 · B 02

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