Recognised as Colour

#AD2E16

#AD2E16
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AD2E16 is a red with RGB values 173, 46, 22 and HSL 10°, 77%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#AD2E16

RGBrgb(173, 46, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.1804, 0.0863

RGB percentages67.8%, 18%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(9.5, 77.4%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 87.3%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 73.4%, 87.3%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,349,526

CSS custom property--colour: #AD2E16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1

Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#52D1E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554B11no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#74670Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BF002Ano 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 text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.3 Dark red · ΔE 11.6 Brown · ΔE 13.3 Maroon · ΔE 15.1 Sienna · ΔE 22.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1695AD

Analogous#AD164A, #AD7A16

Triadic#16AD2E, #2E16AD

Split complementary#16AD79, #164AAD

Tetradic#4AAD16, #1695AD, #7916AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2AA9D

Lighter +30%#ED836F

Lighter +20%#E75C42

Lighter +10%#DA3A1C

Darker −10%#802210

Darker −20%#53160A

Darker −30%#250A05

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C31F00

Less saturated −25%#953F2E

Channel breakdown

R173

G46

B22

Red173 (67.8%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue9.54°

Saturation (HSL)77.44%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 2E · B 16

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