Recognised as Colour

#AA254C

#AA254C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA254C is a red with RGB values 170, 37, 76 and HSL 342°, 64%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA254C#AA254C

HEX#AA254C

RGBrgb(170, 37, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1451, 0.298

RGB percentages66.7%, 14.5%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(342.4, 64.3%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 78.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 78.2%, 55.3%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,150,668

CSS custom property--colour: #AA254C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.82:1

Contrast with white6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#55DAB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494A4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6449no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BA0036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.5 Indian red · ΔE 21.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 26.1 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9 Crimson · ΔE 29.2 Maroon · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25AA83

Analogous#AA258E, #AA4125

Triadic#4CAA25, #254CAA

Split complementary#25AA40, #258FAA

Tetradic#8FAA25, #25AA83, #4125AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDAEC0

Lighter +30%#E484A0

Lighter +20%#DB5A80

Lighter +10%#D23060

Darker −10%#801C39

Darker −20%#561327

Darker −30%#2C0A14

Darker −40%#020101

More saturated +25%#C40B41

Less saturated −25%#903F57

Channel breakdown

R170

G37

B76

Red170 (66.7%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue342.41°

Saturation (HSL)64.25%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 25 · B 4C

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