Fire Brick (Red)

#A40E0E

RGB: 164, 14, 14

Color OverviewHEX #A40E0E

#A40E0E Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #A40E0E is composed of 64% red, 5% green, and 5% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 0°, saturation of 84%, and lightness of 35%.

HEX

#A40E0E

RGB

164, 14, 14

HSL

0°, 84%, 35%

HSV

0°, 91%, 64%

CMYK

0%, 91%, 91%, 36%

Name Match

Fire Brick

Closest Standard

Shades of #A40E0E (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #A40E0E (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #A40E0E (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #A40E0E

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #A40E0E Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):7.93 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #A40E0E Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):2.65 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #A40E0E;
}

.element {
  color: #A40E0E;
  background-color: #A40E0E;
  border-color: #A40E0E;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#A40E0E] text-[#A40E0E] border-[#A40E0E]">
  Content styled with #A40E0E
</div>