#A82C16

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Firebrick.

About #A82C16

When working with digital screens, the color #A82C16 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Firebrick. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 44 green, and 22 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 74% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 9.0° hue, 76.8% saturation, and 37.3% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A82C16
RGB168, 44, 22
HSL9.0°, 76.8%, 37.3%
CMYK0%, 74%, 87%, 34%
HSV9.0°, 86.9%, 65.9%
LAB38.2, 49.3, 42.3
XYZ17.2, 10.2, 1.8
Decimal11021334

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.92:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.04:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.61:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.58:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A82C16; }
.text-color { color: #A82C16; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A82C16; }

Similar Colors

Firebrick
#B22222