Recognised as Colour

#AA2D54

#AA2D54
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AA2D54 is a red with RGB values 170, 45, 84 and HSL 341°, 58%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AA2D54#AA2D54

HEX#AA2D54

RGBrgb(170, 45, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1765, 0.3294

RGB percentages66.7%, 17.6%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(341.3, 58.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.3, 73.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 73.5%, 50.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,152,724

CSS custom property--colour: #AA2D54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.54:1

Contrast with white6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#55D2AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4E55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6751no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B9123Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 21.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.2 Brown · ΔE 23.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 29.3 Firebrick · ΔE 30.5 Light coral · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 21.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DAA83

Analogous#AA2D93, #AA442D

Triadic#54AA2D, #2D54AA

Split complementary#2DAA44, #2D93AA

Tetradic#93AA2D, #2DAA83, #442DAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECB7C8

Lighter +30%#E18FA8

Lighter +20%#D76689

Lighter +10%#CC3E6A

Darker −10%#822240

Darker −20%#59182C

Darker −30%#310D18

Darker −40%#090204

More saturated +25%#C5124A

Less saturated −25%#8F485E

Channel breakdown

R170

G45

B84

Red170 (66.7%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue341.28°

Saturation (HSL)58.14%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 2D · B 54

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