#AF161D

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Firebrick.

About #AF161D

The hex code #AF161D represents a beautifully specific shade of red. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Firebrick. Its digital footprint relies on 175 parts red, 22 parts green, and 29 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 87% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 357.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

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#AF161D
RGB175, 22, 29
HSL357.3°, 77.7%, 38.6%
CMYK0%, 87%, 83%, 31%
HSV357.3°, 87.4%, 68.6%
LAB37.4, 57.8, 38.6
XYZ18.2, 9.8, 2.1
Decimal11474461

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.11:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.96:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
6.79:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.51:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AF161D; }
.text-color { color: #AF161D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #AF161D; }

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