Recognised as Colour

#AA2E19

#AA2E19
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AA2E19 is a red with RGB values 170, 46, 25 and HSL 9°, 74%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#AA2E19

RGBrgb(170, 46, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1804, 0.098

RGB percentages66.7%, 18%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(8.7, 74.4%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 85.3%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 72.9%, 85.3%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,152,921

CSS custom property--colour: #AA2E19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.74:1

Contrast with white6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#55D1E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544A15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#726512no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BC002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 7.7 Dark red · ΔE 10.9 Brown · ΔE 11.1 Maroon · ΔE 13.8 Sienna · ΔE 21.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1995AA

Analogous#AA194C, #AA7619

Triadic#19AA2E, #2E19AA

Split complementary#19AA76, #194DAA

Tetradic#4DAA19, #1995AA, #7619AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1AA9E

Lighter +30%#EA8372

Lighter +20%#E45C45

Lighter +10%#D63A20

Darker −10%#7E2212

Darker −20%#51160C

Darker −30%#250A05

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C21D01

Less saturated −25%#923F31

Channel breakdown

R170

G46

B25

Red170 (66.7%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue8.69°

Saturation (HSL)74.36%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 2E · B 19

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