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Recognised as Colour

#A55F60

  • #A55F60
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#A55F60 is a red with RGB values 165, 95, 96 and HSL 359°, 28%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#A55F60#A55F60
HEX#A55F60
RGBrgb(165, 95, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3725, 0.3765
RGB percentages64.7%, 37.3%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(359.1, 28%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(359.1, 42.4%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 42.4%, 41.8%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,837,856
CSS custom property--colour: #A55F60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#5AA09F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D6A60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E785Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B25760no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 19.9Indian red · ΔE 19.9Pale violetred · ΔE 23.9Light coral · ΔE 24.1Sienna · ΔE 24.2Dark salmon · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 19.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FA5A4
Analogous#A55F83, #A5815F
Triadic#60A55F, #5F60A5
Split complementary#5FA581, #5F83A5
Tetradic#83A55F, #5FA5A4, #815FA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE2E2
Lighter +30%#DCC1C1
Lighter +20%#CAA0A1
Lighter +10%#B78080
Darker −10%#864B4C
Darker −20%#65393A
Darker −30%#442727
Darker −40%#241414
More saturated +25%#C44042
Less saturated −25%#867E7E

Channel breakdown

R165
G95
B96
Red165 (64.7%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue359.14°
Saturation (HSL)28%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 5F · B 60

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