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Recognised as Colour

#AA204B

  • #AA204B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#AA204B is a red with RGB values 170, 32, 75 and HSL 341°, 68%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA204B#AA204B
HEX#AA204B
RGBrgb(170, 32, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1255, 0.2941
RGB percentages66.7%, 12.5%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(341.3, 68.3%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.3, 81.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 81.2%, 55.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,149,387
CSS custom property--colour: #AA204B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10087WCAG 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 6.96:1
Contrast with white6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#55DFB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#46484Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6348no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BA0033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21Indian red · ΔE 22.4Pale violetred · ΔE 27Firebrick · ΔE 27Crimson · ΔE 28.7Medium violet red · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#20AA7F
Analogous#AA2090, #AA3A20
Triadic#4BAA20, #204BAA
Split complementary#20AA3A, #2090AA
Tetradic#90AA20, #20AA7F, #3A20AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFA7BE
Lighter +30%#E67D9E
Lighter +20%#DE527D
Lighter +10%#D5285E
Darker −10%#7F1838
Darker −20%#541025
Darker −30%#290812
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C30741
Less saturated −25%#913955

Channel breakdown

R170
G32
B75
Red170 (66.7%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue341.3°
Saturation (HSL)68.32%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 20 · B 4B

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