Recognised as Colour

#AA2426

#AA2426
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA2426 is a red with RGB values 170, 36, 38 and HSL 359°, 65%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA2426#AA2426

HEX#AA2426

RGBrgb(170, 36, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1412, 0.149

RGB percentages66.7%, 14.1%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(359.1, 65%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.1, 78.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 78.8%, 77.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,150,374

CSS custom property--colour: #AA2426;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1

Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#55DBD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4624no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6320no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BB0027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 4.5 Firebrick · ΔE 5.3 Dark red · ΔE 12.6 Maroon · ΔE 14 Crimson · ΔE 20.1 Indian red · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 4.46, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24AAA8

Analogous#AA2469, #AA6524

Triadic#26AA24, #2426AA

Split complementary#24AA65, #2469AA

Tetradic#69AA24, #24AAA8, #6524AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEACAD

Lighter +30%#E58284

Lighter +20%#DC585A

Lighter +10%#D32E31

Darker −10%#801B1D

Darker −20%#561213

Darker −30%#2C090A

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#C40A0D

Less saturated −25%#903E3F

Channel breakdown

R170

G36

B38

Red170 (66.7%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue359.1°

Saturation (HSL)65.05%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 24 · B 26

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