#AF3A42

A medium, moderate red closely aligning with Brown.

About #AF3A42

When working with digital screens, the color #AF3A42 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Brown. Its digital footprint relies on 175 parts red, 58 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. The color uses 0% Cyan, 67% Magenta, 62% Yellow, and 31% Black. With a hue angle of 355.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium 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#AF3A42
RGB175, 58, 66
HSL355.9°, 50.2%, 45.7%
CMYK0%, 67%, 62%, 31%
HSV355.9°, 66.9%, 68.6%
LAB42.1, 48.0, 21.9
XYZ20.2, 12.5, 6.5
Decimal11483714

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.99:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.51:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.72:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.98:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AF3A42; }
.text-color { color: #AF3A42; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #AF3A42; }

Similar Colors

Brown
#A52A2A