Recognised as Colour

#AA203F

#AA203F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA203F is a red with RGB values 170, 32, 63 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

#AA203F#AA203F

HEX#AA203F

RGBrgb(170, 32, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1255, 0.2471

RGB percentages66.7%, 12.5%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(346.5, 68.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.5, 81.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 81.2%, 62.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,149,375

CSS custom property--colour: #AA203F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.03:1

Contrast with white7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#55DFC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49473Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C633Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BB002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 13.9 Indian red · ΔE 19.4 Firebrick · ΔE 19.8 Crimson · ΔE 23.9 Maroon · ΔE 24.7 Dark red · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 13.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20AA8B

Analogous#AA2084, #AA4620

Triadic#3FAA20, #203FAA

Split complementary#20AA46, #2084AA

Tetradic#84AA20, #20AA8B, #4620AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFA7B7

Lighter +30%#E67D94

Lighter +20%#DE5271

Lighter +10%#D5284F

Darker −10%#7F182F

Darker −20%#54101F

Darker −30%#29080F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C30731

Less saturated −25%#91394D

Channel breakdown

R170

G32

B63

Red170 (66.7%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue346.52°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 20 · B 3F

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