#A84242
A medium, moderate red closely aligning with Indianred.
About #A84242
When working with digital screens, the color #A84242 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Indianred. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 66 green, and 66 blue.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). The color uses 0% Cyan, 61% Magenta, 61% Yellow, and 34% Black. The HSL representation is 0.0° hue, 43.6% saturation, and 45.9% lightness.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.