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Recognised as Colour

#A22C68

  • #A22C68
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#A22C68 is a magenta with RGB values 162, 44, 104 and HSL 329°, 57%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#A22C68#A22C68
HEX#A22C68
RGBrgb(162, 44, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1725, 0.4078
RGB percentages63.5%, 17.3%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(329.5, 57.3%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(329.5, 72.8%, 63.5%)
CMYK0%, 72.8%, 35.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,628,200
CSS custom property--colour: #A22C68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#5DD397

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#414D6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#626365no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AF2146no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 20.7Pale violetred · ΔE 24.3Hot pink · ΔE 29.3Purple · ΔE 31.4Indian red · ΔE 33.6Dark magenta · ΔE 33.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 20.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2CA266
Analogous#A12CA2, #A22C2D
Triadic#68A22C, #2C68A2
Split complementary#2DA22C, #2CA2A1
Tetradic#A2A12C, #2CA266, #2C2DA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAB0CD
Lighter +30%#DF88B4
Lighter +20%#D4609B
Lighter +10%#C93882
Darker −10%#7A214E
Darker −20%#521635
Darker −30%#2A0B1B
Darker −40%#020001
More saturated +25%#BC1268
Less saturated −25%#884668

Channel breakdown

R162
G44
B104
Red162 (63.5%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue329.49°
Saturation (HSL)57.28%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A2 · G 2C · B 68

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