Recognised as Colour

#AF020C

#AF020C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AF020C is a red with RGB values 175, 2, 12 and HSL 357°, 98%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AF020C#AF020C

HEX#AF020C

RGBrgb(175, 2, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.0078, 0.0471

RGB percentages68.6%, 0.8%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(356.5, 97.7%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 98.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 98.9%, 93.1%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,469,324

CSS custom property--colour: #AF020C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.4:1

Contrast with white7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#50FDF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#483F07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C2000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.8 Dark red · ΔE 13.3 Maroon · ΔE 18.1 Brown · ΔE 18.7 Crimson · ΔE 19.5 Tomato · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02AFA5

Analogous#AF0263, #AF4E02

Triadic#0CAF02, #020CAF

Split complementary#02AF4E, #0263AF

Tetradic#63AF02, #02AFA5, #4E02AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE7F87

Lighter +30%#FD4D57

Lighter +20%#FC1B28

Lighter +10%#E1030F

Darker −10%#7D0109

Darker −20%#4A0105

Darker −30%#180002

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B1000A

Less saturated −25%#991820

Channel breakdown

R175

B12

Red175 (68.6%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue356.53°

Saturation (HSL)97.74%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 02 · B 0C

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