Recognised as Colour

#AF040A

#AF040A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AF040A is a red with RGB values 175, 4, 10 and HSL 358°, 96%, 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

#AF040A#AF040A

HEX#AF040A

RGBrgb(175, 4, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.0157, 0.0392

RGB percentages68.6%, 1.6%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(357.9, 95.5%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.9, 97.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 97.7%, 94.3%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,469,834

CSS custom property--colour: #AF040A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09223WCAG 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 7.38:1

Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#50FBF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#493F05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C2000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.3 Dark red · ΔE 13.4 Maroon · ΔE 18.4 Brown · ΔE 19.2 Crimson · ΔE 20.1 Tomato · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04AFA9

Analogous#AF0460, #AF5304

Triadic#0AAF04, #040AAF

Split complementary#04AF53, #0460AF

Tetradic#60AF04, #04AFA9, #5304AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC8387

Lighter +30%#FB5157

Lighter +20%#FA1F27

Lighter +10%#E1050D

Darker −10%#7D0307

Darker −20%#4B0204

Darker −30%#190101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B30006

Less saturated −25%#991A1F

Channel breakdown

R175

B10

Red175 (68.6%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue357.89°

Saturation (HSL)95.53%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 04 · B 0A

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