HEX Color #A81624 (Firebrick)

About #A81624

The precise color #A81624 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Firebrick. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 22 parts green, and 36 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 87% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A81624

RGB168, 22, 36

HSL354.2°, 76.8%, 37.3%

CMYK0%, 87%, 79%, 34%

HSV354.2°, 86.9%, 65.9%

LAB36.0, 56.1, 32.7

XYZ16.8, 9.0, 2.5

Decimal11015716

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A81624 #16A89A

Analogous

#A8166C #A85116

Triadic

#24A816 #1623A8

Tetradic

#6CA816 #16A89A #5116A8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A81624

#B12F3C

#BB4954

#C5636D

#CE7D85

#D8979D

#E2B1B6

#EBCBCE

#F5E5E6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A81624

#951320

#82111C

#700E18

#5D0C14

#4A0910

#38070C

#250408

#120204

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.49:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.81:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.15:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.38:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A81624; }

.text-color { color: #A81624; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A81624; }

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Firebrick

#B22222