Recognised as Colour

#AC0615

#AC0615
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AC0615 is a red with RGB values 172, 6, 21 and HSL 355°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AC0615#AC0615

HEX#AC0615

RGBrgb(172, 6, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.0235, 0.0824

RGB percentages67.5%, 2.4%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(354.6, 93.3%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.6, 96.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 96.5%, 87.8%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,273,749

CSS custom property--colour: #AC0615;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.52:1

Contrast with white7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#53F9EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#473F12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6008no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BE0011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 5.8 Dark red · ΔE 11.3 Brown · ΔE 14.4 Maroon · ΔE 15.5 Crimson · ΔE 17.9 Tomato · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 5.8, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06AC9D

Analogous#AC0668, #AC4A06

Triadic#15AC06, #0615AC

Split complementary#06AC4A, #0668AC

Tetradic#68AC06, #06AC9D, #4A06AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB838E

Lighter +30%#F95261

Lighter +20%#F72134

Lighter +10%#DD081B

Darker −10%#7B040F

Darker −20%#490309

Darker −30%#180103

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B20010

Less saturated −25%#961C27

Channel breakdown

R172

B21

Red172 (67.5%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue354.58°

Saturation (HSL)93.26%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 06 · B 15

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