Colour

#AC443A

#AC443A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AC443A is a red with RGB values 172, 68, 58 and HSL 5°, 50%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AC443A#AC443A

HEX#AC443A

RGBrgb(172, 68, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.2667, 0.2275

RGB percentages67.5%, 26.7%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(5.3, 49.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 66.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 60.5%, 66.3%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,289,658

CSS custom property--colour: #AC443A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#53BBC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5838no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#796E37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BD2E42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.9 Indian red · ΔE 12.2 Sienna · ΔE 14.8 Firebrick · ΔE 17.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.1 Maroon · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3AA2AC

Analogous#AC3A69, #AC7D3A

Triadic#3AAC44, #443AAC

Split complementary#3AAC7D, #3A69AC

Tetradic#69AC3A, #3AA2AC, #7D3AAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECC9C6

Lighter +30%#DFA6A0

Lighter +20%#D2827A

Lighter +10%#C55E54

Darker −10%#86352D

Darker −20%#602620

Darker −30%#3A1713

Darker −40%#130807

More saturated +25%#C92C1D

Less saturated −25%#8F5C57

Channel breakdown

R172

G68

B58

Red172 (67.5%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue5.26°

Saturation (HSL)49.57%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 44 · B 3A

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