Colour

#A60555

#A60555
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#A60555 is a red with RGB values 166, 5, 85 and HSL 330°, 94%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#A60555

RGBrgb(166, 5, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.0196, 0.3333

RGB percentages65.1%, 2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(330.2, 94.2%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330.2, 97%, 65.1%)

CMYK0%, 97%, 48.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,880,341

CSS custom property--colour: #A60555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#59FAAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#394256no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#615E52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B50031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 20.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.3 Deep pink · ΔE 31.7 Brown · ΔE 31.8 Indian red · ΔE 32 Hot pink · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 20.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#05A656

Analogous#A605A6, #A60605

Triadic#55A605, #0555A6

Split complementary#05A606, #05A5A6

Tetradic#A5A605, #05A656, #0605A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FB7CBB

Lighter +30%#FA4AA1

Lighter +20%#F81988

Lighter +10%#D8066E

Darker −10%#74043C

Darker −20%#430222

Darker −30%#110109

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB0055

Less saturated −25%#911A55

Channel breakdown

R166

B85

Red166 (65.1%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue330.19°

Saturation (HSL)94.15%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A6 · G 05 · B 55

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