#A0162C

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Brown.

About #A0162C

When working with digital screens, the color #A0162C is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Brown. Its digital footprint relies on 160 parts red, 22 parts green, and 44 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 86% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 350.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A0162C
RGB160, 22, 44
HSL350.4°, 75.8%, 35.7%
CMYK0%, 86%, 72%, 37%
HSV350.4°, 86.2%, 62.7%
LAB34.5, 54.1, 25.5
XYZ15.2, 8.2, 3.2
Decimal10491436

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.94:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.65:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.59:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.25:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A0162C; }
.text-color { color: #A0162C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A0162C; }

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