Recognised as Colour

#AD1420

#AD1420
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AD1420 is a red with RGB values 173, 20, 32 and HSL 355°, 79%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AD1420#AD1420

HEX#AD1420

RGBrgb(173, 20, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.0784, 0.1255

RGB percentages67.8%, 7.8%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(355.3, 79.3%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.3, 88.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 88.4%, 81.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,342,880

CSS custom property--colour: #AD1420;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#52EBDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A421Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6218no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BF001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 3.2 Brown · ΔE 9.8 Dark red · ΔE 12.2 Maroon · ΔE 15 Crimson · ΔE 16.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 3.17, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14ADA1

Analogous#AD146D, #AD5514

Triadic#20AD14, #1420AD

Split complementary#14AD55, #146DAD

Tetradic#6CAD14, #14ADA1, #5414AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F39AA1

Lighter +30%#EE6C76

Lighter +20%#E93E4C

Lighter +10%#DB1928

Darker −10%#7F0F18

Darker −20%#52090F

Darker −30%#240407

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C1000F

Less saturated −25%#952C34

Channel breakdown

R173

G20

B32

Red173 (67.8%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue355.29°

Saturation (HSL)79.27%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 14 · B 20

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