Recognised as Colour

#AA2620

#AA2620
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AA2620 is a red with RGB values 170, 38, 32 and HSL 3°, 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 Firebrick.

Colour values

#AA2620#AA2620

HEX#AA2620

RGBrgb(170, 38, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.149, 0.1255

RGB percentages66.7%, 14.9%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(2.6, 68.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.6, 81.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 77.6%, 81.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,150,880

CSS custom property--colour: #AA2620;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#55D9DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F471Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#70641Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BC0026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 3.9 Brown · ΔE 7 Dark red · ΔE 10.8 Maroon · ΔE 13.1 Crimson · ΔE 21.1 Indian red · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 3.91, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20A4AA

Analogous#AA205F, #AA6B20

Triadic#20AA26, #2620AA

Split complementary#20AA6B, #205FAA

Tetradic#5FAA20, #20A4AA, #6B20AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFABA7

Lighter +30%#E6817D

Lighter +20%#DE5852

Lighter +10%#D53028

Darker −10%#7F1C18

Darker −20%#541310

Darker −30%#290908

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C30F07

Less saturated −25%#913D39

Channel breakdown

R170

G38

B32

Red170 (66.7%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue2.61°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 26 · B 20

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