#a91908

Color #a91908

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class red-700 #c10007 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a91908

RGB

rgb(169, 25, 8)

HSL

hsl(6.3, 91%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.3, 95.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 95.3%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(36.27, 55.04, 46.71)

LCH

lch(36.27, 72.19, 40.32)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.1794, 30.62)

HWB

hwb(6.3, 3.1%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0898a9

Analogous

#a90848

#a91908

#a96908

Triadic

#a91908

#08a919

#1908a9

Split-complementary

#a91908

#08a969

#0848a9

Tetradic

#a91908

#98a908

#0898a9

#1908a9

Square

#a91908

#48a908

#0898a9

#6908a9

Shades

Color #a91908 mixed toward black.

#8d1507

#711105

#550c04

#380803

#1c0401

Tints

Color #a91908 mixed toward white.

#de210a

#f5402b

#f87060

#faa095

#fdcfca

Tones

Color #a91908 mixed toward gray.

#9c2315

#8e2e23

#813930

#73433e

#664e4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84830d · ΔE 45.4

Deuteranopia

#89900f · ΔE 50.1

Tritanopia

#a51112 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a91908;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a91908]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#a91908 (#a91908) is rgb(169, 25, 8) in RGB.

No, #a91908 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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