Recognised as Colour

#AF2220

#AF2220
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AF2220 is a red with RGB values 175, 34, 32 and HSL 1°, 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 Firebrick.

Colour values

#AF2220#AF2220

HEX#AF2220

RGBrgb(175, 34, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.1333, 0.1255

RGB percentages68.6%, 13.3%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(0.8, 69.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.8, 81.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 80.6%, 81.7%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,477,536

CSS custom property--colour: #AF2220;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.83:1

Contrast with white6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#50DDDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F471Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#726619no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C10024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 1.2 Brown · ΔE 9.1 Dark red · ΔE 11.6 Maroon · ΔE 14.7 Crimson · ΔE 18.6 Indian red · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 1.17, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20ADAF

Analogous#AF2065, #AF6A20

Triadic#20AF22, #2220AF

Split complementary#20AF6A, #2065AF

Tetradic#65AF20, #20ADAF, #6A20AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0ACAB

Lighter +30%#E88280

Lighter +20%#E05755

Lighter +10%#D82C2A

Darker −10%#841A18

Darker −20%#591110

Darker −30%#2E0908

Darker −40%#030000

More saturated +25%#C90906

Less saturated −25%#953B3A

Channel breakdown

R175

G34

B32

Red175 (68.6%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue0.84°

Saturation (HSL)69.08%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 22 · B 20

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