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Recognised as Colour

#AA165C

  • #AA165C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#AA165C is a red with RGB values 170, 22, 92 and HSL 332°, 77%, 38%. 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

#AA165C#AA165C
HEX#AA165C
RGBrgb(170, 22, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.0863, 0.3608
RGB percentages66.7%, 8.6%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(331.6, 77.1%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.6, 87.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 87.1%, 45.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,146,844
CSS custom property--colour: #AA165C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B
Inverted#55E9A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E475Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#656259no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B90038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 19.4Pale violetred · ΔE 27.2Hot pink · ΔE 29.8Deep pink · ΔE 31Indian red · ΔE 31.7Brown · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 19.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#16AA64
Analogous#AA16A6, #AA1A16
Triadic#5CAA16, #165CAA
Split complementary#16AA1A, #16A6AA
Tetradic#A6AA16, #16AA64, #1A16AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F29AC4
Lighter +30%#EC6DA9
Lighter +20%#E6408E
Lighter +10%#D71C74
Darker −10%#7D1044
Darker −20%#500A2B
Darker −30%#230413
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C0005B
Less saturated −25%#922E5D

Channel breakdown

R170
G22
B92
Red170 (66.7%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue331.62°
Saturation (HSL)77.08%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 16 · B 5C

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