#a9002a

Color #a9002a

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class rose-800 #a50036 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9002a

RGB

rgb(169, 0, 42)

HSL

hsl(345.1, 100%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(345.1, 100%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 75.1%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(35.21, 59.76, 28.11)

LCH

lch(35.21, 66.04, 25.19)

OKLCH

oklch(46.5%, 0.1867, 19.82)

HWB

hwb(345.1, 0%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00a97f

Analogous

#a9007e

#a9002a

#a92a00

Triadic

#a9002a

#2aa900

#002aa9

Split-complementary

#a9002a

#00a92a

#007ea9

Tetradic

#a9002a

#a97f00

#00a97f

#002aa9

Square

#a9002a

#7ea900

#00a97f

#2a00a9

Shades

Color #a9002a mixed toward black.

#8d0023

#71001c

#540015

#38000e

#1c0007

Tints

Color #a9002a mixed toward white.

#e20038

#ff1c54

#ff547f

#ff8daa

#ffc6d4

Tones

Color #a9002a mixed toward gray.

#9b0e31

#8d1c38

#7f2a3f

#713846

#62464d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828224 · ΔE 50.7

Deuteranopia

#889022 · ΔE 56.1

Tritanopia

#a51e1d · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 26.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9002a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9002a]

Related colors

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Light Pink #ffb6c1

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a9002a (#a9002a) is rgb(169, 0, 42) in RGB.

No, #a9002a 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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