Recognised as Colour

#AA3224

#AA3224
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA3224 is a red with RGB values 170, 50, 36 and HSL 6°, 65%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA3224#AA3224

HEX#AA3224

RGBrgb(170, 50, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1961, 0.1412

RGB percentages66.7%, 19.6%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(6.3, 65%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.3, 78.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 70.6%, 78.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,153,956

CSS custom property--colour: #AA3224;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#55CDDB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554C21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#73671Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BB0330no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6.4 Firebrick · ΔE 7.9 Dark red · ΔE 12.7 Maroon · ΔE 14.1 Sienna · ΔE 19.3 Indian red · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#249CAA

Analogous#AA2459, #AA7524

Triadic#24AA32, #3224AA

Split complementary#24AA75, #2459AA

Tetradic#59AA24, #249CAA, #7524AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEB3AC

Lighter +30%#E58D82

Lighter +20%#DC6658

Lighter +10%#D33F2E

Darker −10%#80261B

Darker −20%#561912

Darker −30%#2C0D09

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#C41E0A

Less saturated −25%#90463E

Channel breakdown

R170

G50

B36

Red170 (66.7%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue6.27°

Saturation (HSL)65.05%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 32 · B 24

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