Recognised as Colour

#AD483F

#AD483F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AD483F is a red with RGB values 173, 72, 63 and HSL 5°, 47%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AD483F#AD483F

HEX#AD483F

RGBrgb(173, 72, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.2824, 0.2471

RGB percentages67.8%, 28.2%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(4.9, 46.6%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.9, 63.6%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 58.4%, 63.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,356,223

CSS custom property--colour: #AD483F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#52B7C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625B3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B703Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BD3446no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11 Brown · ΔE 11.9 Sienna · ΔE 14.8 Firebrick · ΔE 19.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6 Light coral · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3FA4AD

Analogous#AD3F6D, #AD7F3F

Triadic#3FAD48, #483FAD

Split complementary#3FAD7F, #3F6DAD

Tetradic#6DAD3F, #3FA4AD, #7F3FAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECCECC

Lighter +30%#DFABA6

Lighter +20%#D18781

Lighter +10%#C3645C

Darker −10%#883831

Darker −20%#622924

Darker −30%#3D1916

Darker −40%#170A09

More saturated +25%#CB2F21

Less saturated −25%#8F615D

Channel breakdown

R173

G72

B63

Red173 (67.8%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue4.91°

Saturation (HSL)46.61%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 48 · B 3F

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