Recognised as Colour

#AB5640

#AB5640
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#AB5640 is a red with RGB values 171, 86, 64 and HSL 12°, 46%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AB5640#AB5640

HEX#AB5640

RGBrgb(171, 86, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.6706, 0.3373, 0.251

RGB percentages67.1%, 33.7%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(12.3, 45.5%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 62.6%, 67.1%)

CMYK0%, 49.7%, 62.6%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,228,736

CSS custom property--colour: #AB5640;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1

Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#54A9BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C633Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original

Deuteranopia#81753Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BB4751no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.3 Indian red · ΔE 15.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.6 Brown · ΔE 19.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.8 Light coral · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4095AB

Analogous#AB405F, #AB8C40

Triadic#40AB56, #5640AB

Split complementary#40AB8B, #4060AB

Tetradic#5FAB40, #4095AB, #8B40AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD2CB

Lighter +30%#DEB2A6

Lighter +20%#D09181

Lighter +10%#C2715C

Darker −10%#864332

Darker −20%#613124

Darker −30%#3C1E16

Darker −40%#170B08

More saturated +25%#C84523

Less saturated −25%#8E675D

Channel breakdown

R171

G86

B64

Red171 (67.1%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue12.34°

Saturation (HSL)45.53%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AB · G 56 · B 40

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