Recognised as Colour

#AA036C

#AA036C
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#AA036C is a magenta with RGB values 170, 3, 108 and HSL 322°, 97%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#AA036C#AA036C

HEX#AA036C

RGBrgb(170, 3, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0118, 0.4235

RGB percentages66.7%, 1.2%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(322.3, 96.5%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(322.3, 98.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 98.2%, 36.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,141,996

CSS custom property--colour: #AA036C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.15:1

Contrast with white7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#55FC93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#32466Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F6169no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B8003Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 10.7 Purple · ΔE 26.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 27.7 Deep pink · ΔE 28.2 Hot pink · ΔE 28.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#03AA41

Analogous#9503AA, #AA0318

Triadic#6CAA03, #036CAA

Split complementary#18AA03, #03AA95

Tetradic#AA9503, #03AA41, #0318AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD7CCD

Lighter +30%#FC4ABA

Lighter +20%#FB18A7

Lighter +10%#DC048C

Darker −10%#78024C

Darker −20%#46012C

Darker −30%#14000C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AD006D

Less saturated −25%#941966

Channel breakdown

R170

B108

Red170 (66.7%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue322.28°

Saturation (HSL)96.53%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 03 · B 6C

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