Recognised as Colour

#AF4A38

#AF4A38
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#AF4A38 is a red with RGB values 175, 74, 56 and HSL 9°, 52%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AF4A38#AF4A38

HEX#AF4A38

RGBrgb(175, 74, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.2902, 0.2196

RGB percentages68.6%, 29%, 22%

HSLhsl(9.1, 51.5%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 68%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 57.7%, 68%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,487,800

CSS custom property--colour: #AF4A38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.44:1

Contrast with white5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#50B5C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655C36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7235no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C03546no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 11.7 Brown · ΔE 12 Indian red · ΔE 13.4 Firebrick · ΔE 18 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.3 Maroon · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#389DAF

Analogous#AF3861, #AF8538

Triadic#38AF4A, #4A38AF

Split complementary#38AF85, #3862AF

Tetradic#62AF38, #389DAF, #8638AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCCC6

Lighter +30%#E0A9A0

Lighter +20%#D48779

Lighter +10%#C86452

Darker −10%#883A2C

Darker −20%#62291F

Darker −30%#3B1913

Darker −40%#140907

More saturated +25%#CC361B

Less saturated −25%#925E55

Channel breakdown

R175

G74

B56

Red175 (68.6%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue9.08°

Saturation (HSL)51.52%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 4A · B 38

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