Recognised as Colour

#AA3226

#AA3226
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA3226 is a red with RGB values 170, 50, 38 and HSL 5°, 63%, 41%. 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

#AA3226#AA3226

HEX#AA3226

RGBrgb(170, 50, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.1961, 0.149

RGB percentages66.7%, 19.6%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(5.5, 63.5%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 77.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 70.6%, 77.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,153,958

CSS custom property--colour: #AA3226;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.4 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#55CDD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554C24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#736721no 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 16.8 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 5.4 Firebrick · ΔE 8.1 Dark red · ΔE 13.2 Maroon · ΔE 14.3 Sienna · ΔE 19.3 Indian red · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#269EAA

Analogous#AA265C, #AA7426

Triadic#26AA32, #3226AA

Split complementary#26AA74, #265CAA

Tetradic#5CAA26, #269EAA, #7426AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDB5AF

Lighter +30%#E48E85

Lighter +20%#DA675C

Lighter +10%#D14032

Darker −10%#80261D

Darker −20%#571913

Darker −30%#2D0D0A

Darker −40%#030101

More saturated +25%#C41D0C

Less saturated −25%#904740

Channel breakdown

R170

G50

B38

Red170 (66.7%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue5.45°

Saturation (HSL)63.46%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 32 · B 26

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