#a90e2a

Color #a90e2a

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class rose-800 #a50036 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a90e2a

RGB

rgb(169, 14, 42)

HSL

hsl(349.2, 84.7%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.2, 91.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 91.7%, 75.1%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(35.83, 57.98, 28.82)

LCH

lch(35.83, 64.75, 26.43)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.1819, 20.91)

HWB

hwb(349.2, 5.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0ea98d

Analogous

#a90e77

#a90e2a

#a9400e

Triadic

#a90e2a

#2aa90e

#0e2aa9

Split-complementary

#a90e2a

#0ea940

#0e77a9

Tetradic

#a90e2a

#a98d0e

#0ea98d

#0e2aa9

Square

#a90e2a

#77a90e

#0ea98d

#400ea9

Shades

Color #a90e2a mixed toward black.

#8d0c23

#71091c

#550715

#38050e

#1c0207

Tints

Color #a90e2a mixed toward white.

#db1236

#ee3657

#f26881

#f79aab

#fbcdd5

Tones

Color #a90e2a mixed toward gray.

#9c1b32

#8f283a

#823543

#75424b

#684f53

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#838225 · ΔE 49.4

Deuteranopia

#899024 · ΔE 54.7

Tritanopia

#a52120 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 26.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a90e2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a90e2a]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#a90e2a (#a90e2a) is rgb(169, 14, 42) in RGB.

No, #a90e2a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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