Recognised as Colour

#AA203D

#AA203D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA203D is a red with RGB values 170, 32, 61 and HSL 347°, 68%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA203D#AA203D

HEX#AA203D

RGBrgb(170, 32, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1255, 0.2392

RGB percentages66.7%, 12.5%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(347.4, 68.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.4, 81.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 81.2%, 64.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,149,373

CSS custom property--colour: #AA203D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.04:1

Contrast with white7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#55DFC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49463Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6339no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BB002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 12.7 Firebrick · ΔE 18.5 Indian red · ΔE 19.1 Crimson · ΔE 23.2 Maroon · ΔE 23.6 Dark red · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 12.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20AA8D

Analogous#AA2082, #AA4820

Triadic#3DAA20, #203DAA

Split complementary#20AA48, #2082AA

Tetradic#82AA20, #20AA8D, #4820AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFA7B6

Lighter +30%#E67D93

Lighter +20%#DE526F

Lighter +10%#D5284C

Darker −10%#7F182E

Darker −20%#54101E

Darker −30%#29080F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C3072E

Less saturated −25%#91394C

Channel breakdown

R170

G32

B61

Red170 (66.7%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue347.39°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 20 · B 3D

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