#a81a14

Color #a81a14

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 5.05 Nearest Tailwind class red-800 #9f0712 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a81a14

RGB

rgb(168, 26, 20)

HSL

hsl(2.4, 78.7%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.4, 88.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 88.1%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(36.21, 54.71, 41.6)

LCH

lch(36.21, 68.73, 37.25)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.1769, 28.8)

HWB

hwb(2.4, 7.8%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#14a2a8

Analogous

#a81458

#a81a14

#a86414

Triadic

#a81a14

#14a81a

#1a14a8

Split-complementary

#a81a14

#14a864

#1458a8

Tetradic

#a81a14

#a2a814

#14a2a8

#1a14a8

Square

#a81a14

#58a814

#14a2a8

#6414a8

Shades

Color #a81a14 mixed toward black.

#8c1611

#70110d

#540d0a

#380907

#1c0403

Tints

Color #a81a14 mixed toward white.

#d8211a

#e8463f

#ee746f

#f4a39f

#f9d1cf

Tones

Color #a81a14 mixed toward gray.

#9c2520

#8f312d

#833c39

#774745

#6a5352

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838216 · ΔE 45.9

Deuteranopia

#899016 · ΔE 50.9

Tritanopia

#a41717 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 27.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a81a14;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a81a14]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#a81a14 (#a81a14) is rgb(168, 26, 20) in RGB.

No, #a81a14 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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