Colour

#AA3530

#AA3530
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AA3530 is a red with RGB values 170, 53, 48 and HSL 2°, 56%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AA3530#AA3530

HEX#AA3530

RGBrgb(170, 53, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2078, 0.1882

RGB percentages66.7%, 20.8%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(2.5, 56%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.5, 71.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 68.8%, 71.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,154,736

CSS custom property--colour: #AA3530;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.44:1

Contrast with white6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#55CACF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564E2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#73682Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BB1235no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 3.5 Firebrick · ΔE 11.4 Indian red · ΔE 15.8 Maroon · ΔE 16.6 Dark red · ΔE 16.8 Sienna · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 3.47, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30A5AA

Analogous#AA3068, #AA7230

Triadic#30AA35, #3530AA

Split complementary#30AA72, #3068AA

Tetradic#68AA30, #30A5AA, #7230AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECBCBA

Lighter +30%#E09693

Lighter +20%#D56F6B

Lighter +10%#CA4943

Darker −10%#822925

Darker −20%#5A1C1A

Darker −30%#33100E

Darker −40%#0B0303

More saturated +25%#C51C15

Less saturated −25%#8F4E4B

Channel breakdown

R170

G53

B48

Red170 (66.7%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue2.46°

Saturation (HSL)55.96%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 35 · B 30

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