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Recognised as Colour

#A72A68

  • #A72A68
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#A72A68 is a red with RGB values 167, 42, 104 and HSL 330°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#A72A68#A72A68
HEX#A72A68
RGBrgb(167, 42, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.1647, 0.4078
RGB percentages65.5%, 16.5%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(330.2, 59.8%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.2, 74.9%, 65.5%)
CMYK0%, 74.9%, 37.7%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,955,368
CSS custom property--colour: #A72A68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#58D597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#424E6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#656565no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B41C45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 19.2Pale violetred · ΔE 24.1Hot pink · ΔE 28.1Purple · ΔE 32.3Indian red · ΔE 33Deep pink · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 19.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2AA769
Analogous#A72AA6, #A72B2A
Triadic#68A72A, #2A68A7
Split complementary#2AA72B, #2AA7A7
Tetradic#A6A72A, #2AA769, #2B2AA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECB1CE
Lighter +30%#E189B5
Lighter +20%#D7609B
Lighter +10%#CD3781
Darker −10%#7E204F
Darker −20%#551635
Darker −30%#2D0B1C
Darker −40%#040102
More saturated +25%#C11068
Less saturated −25%#8D4468

Channel breakdown

R167
G42
B104
Red167 (65.5%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue330.24°
Saturation (HSL)59.81%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A7 · G 2A · B 68

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