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Recognised as Colour

#AA344A

  • #AA344A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#AA344A is a red with RGB values 170, 52, 74 and HSL 349°, 53%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AA344A#AA344A
HEX#AA344A
RGBrgb(170, 52, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2039, 0.2902
RGB percentages66.7%, 20.4%, 29%
HSLhsl(348.8, 53.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 69.4%, 56.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,154,506
CSS custom property--colour: #AA344A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#55CBB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#52504Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#706847no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BA1A3Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 15.7Brown · ΔE 16.2Firebrick · ΔE 24Pale violetred · ΔE 24.9Light coral · ΔE 27.1Maroon · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 15.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#34AA94
Analogous#AA3485, #AA5934
Triadic#4AAA34, #344AAA
Split complementary#34AA59, #3485AA
Tetradic#85AA34, #34AA94, #5934AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBBFC7
Lighter +30%#DF98A5
Lighter +20%#D37183
Lighter +10%#C74A61
Darker −10%#832839
Darker −20%#5C1C28
Darker −30%#351017
Darker −40%#0E0406
More saturated +25%#C61839
Less saturated −25%#8E505B

Channel breakdown

R170
G52
B74
Red170 (66.7%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue348.81°
Saturation (HSL)53.15%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 34 · B 4A

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