Recognised as Colour

#AA263F

#AA263F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA263F is a red with RGB values 170, 38, 63 and HSL 349°, 63%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA263F#AA263F

HEX#AA263F

RGBrgb(170, 38, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.149, 0.2471

RGB percentages66.7%, 14.9%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(348.6, 63.5%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.6, 77.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 77.6%, 62.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,150,911

CSS custom property--colour: #AA263F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.87:1

Contrast with white6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#55D9C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C493Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D643Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BB0031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 12.5 Indian red · ΔE 17.8 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Maroon · ΔE 23.8 Crimson · ΔE 24.3 Dark red · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26AA91

Analogous#AA2681, #AA4F26

Triadic#3FAA26, #263FAA

Split complementary#26AA4F, #2681AA

Tetradic#81AA26, #26AA91, #4F26AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDAFBB

Lighter +30%#E48597

Lighter +20%#DA5C74

Lighter +10%#D13250

Darker −10%#801D30

Darker −20%#571320

Darker −30%#2D0A11

Darker −40%#030101

More saturated +25%#C40C2F

Less saturated −25%#90404F

Channel breakdown

R170

G38

B63

Red170 (66.7%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue348.64°

Saturation (HSL)63.46%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 26 · B 3F

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