Recognised as Colour

#AD154E

#AD154E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AD154E is a red with RGB values 173, 21, 78 and HSL 338°, 78%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AD154E#AD154E

HEX#AD154E

RGBrgb(173, 21, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.0824, 0.3059

RGB percentages67.8%, 8.2%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(337.5, 78.4%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.5, 87.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 87.9%, 54.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,343,182

CSS custom property--colour: #AD154E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.01:1

Contrast with white7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#52EAB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#43464Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#69634Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BD0031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.3 Indian red · ΔE 25.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.1 Crimson · ΔE 28.9 Firebrick · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15AD74

Analogous#AD159A, #AD2815

Triadic#4EAD15, #154EAD

Split complementary#15AD28, #159AAD

Tetradic#9AAD15, #15AD74, #2815AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F39BBC

Lighter +30%#ED6E9E

Lighter +20%#E8407F

Lighter +10%#DA1B63

Darker −10%#800F39

Darker −20%#520A25

Darker −30%#250410

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C20049

Less saturated −25%#952D54

Channel breakdown

R173

G21

B78

Red173 (67.8%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue337.5°

Saturation (HSL)78.35%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 15 · B 4E

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