Brown

Brown (#A40A40) is an intense dark color with a luminosity of 8%. It has a chroma value of 60.4 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #990033. The closest Pantone color is #A21441, known as persian-red (19-1860). The closest NCS color is #A6123E, with the code NCS S 2070-R10B. The grayscale version of this color is #3E3E3E. The contrast ratio with white is 7.8, and with black is 2.7. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

Lightness

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#FFFFFF

#FCCFDF

#F99FBF

#F66F9E

#F33F7E

#F00F5E

#C00C4B

#900938

#600626

#300313

#000000

Saturation


#CB0034

#C30037

#BB0039

#B3003B

#AC023E

#A40A40

#9C1242

#951945

#8D2147

#852949

#7E304B

Shade


#A40F43

#A40E43

#A40D42

#A40C41

#A40B41

#A40A40

#9B0A3D

#920A3A

#890A36

#800A33

#760A30

Hue


#A40A0A

#A4240A

#A43D0A

#A4570A

#A4710A

#A48A0A

#A4A40A

#8AA40A

#71A40A

#57A40A

#3DA40A

#24A40A

#0AA40A

#0AA424

#0AA43D

#0AA457

#0AA471

#0AA48A

#0AA4A4

#0A8AA4

#0A71A4

#0A57A4

#0A3DA4

#0A24A4

#0A0AA4

#240AA4

#3D0AA4

#570AA4

#710AA4

#8A0AA4

#A40AA4

#A40A8A

#A40A71

#A40A57

#A40A3D

#A40A24

Grayscale


#3E3E3E

Complimentary


#5BF5BF

WCAG contrast conformance

#A40A40 meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a white background.

On a white background

7.8

Brown

On a black background

2.7

Brown

1.4

Brown (#A40A40) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a darkolivegreen (#606D0E) background.


Brown

Composition

The colors that composes #A40A40

RGB


164

10

64

RYB


164

10

64

CMYK


0

94

61

36

CMY


36

96

75

Conversion

CSS values of #A40A40 and various standards

CSS values


HEX

#A40A40


RGB

rgb(164, 10, 64)


HSL

hsl(339, 89%, 34%)


HWB

hwb(339, 4%, 36%)

Various standards


Ansi16

rgb(128, 0, 0)


Ansi256

rgb(153, 0, 51)


HCG

rgb(164, 10, 64)


Apple

rgb(164, 10, 64)

Closest Pantone color

persian-red (19-1860)


#A21441

Closest NCS color

NCS S 2070-R10B


#A6123E

Color harmonies

The basic color chords based on the color wheel

Split complementary


#0A8DA4

#A40A40

#0AA421

Triadic


#A40A40

#40A40A

#0A40A4

Tetradic


#A40A40

#8DA40A

#0AA46E

#210AA4

Analogous


#A40A8D

#A40A40

#A4210A

Color blindness

Below is a simulation map of how people with vision deciciency perceive your color

Achromatopsia


#2F2F2F

Deuteranopia


#3D3D3C

Protanopia


#24243F

Tritanopia


#9D1111