Recognised as Colour

#AF202E

#AF202E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AF202E is a red with RGB values 175, 32, 46 and HSL 354°, 69%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AF202E#AF202E

HEX#AF202E

RGBrgb(175, 32, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.1255, 0.1804

RGB percentages68.6%, 12.5%, 18%

HSLhsl(354.1, 69.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.1, 81.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 81.7%, 73.7%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,477,038

CSS custom property--colour: #AF202E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.84:1

Contrast with white6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#50DFD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D472Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#716529no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C10027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6.5 Firebrick · ΔE 8 Dark red · ΔE 16.3 Maroon · ΔE 17.3 Crimson · ΔE 17.6 Indian red · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20AFA1

Analogous#AF2075, #AF5A20

Triadic#2EAF20, #202EAF

Split complementary#20AF5A, #2076AF

Tetradic#75AF20, #20AFA1, #5A20AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0ABB2

Lighter +30%#E8808A

Lighter +20%#E05563

Lighter +10%#D82A3B

Darker −10%#841823

Darker −20%#591017

Darker −30%#2E080C

Darker −40%#030001

More saturated +25%#C90619

Less saturated −25%#953A43

Channel breakdown

R175

G32

B46

Red175 (68.6%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue354.13°

Saturation (HSL)69.08%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 20 · B 2E

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