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Recognised as Colour

#AA425B

  • #AA425B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#AA425B is a red with RGB values 170, 66, 91 and HSL 346°, 44%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AA425B#AA425B
HEX#AA425B
RGBrgb(170, 66, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2588, 0.3569
RGB percentages66.7%, 25.9%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(345.6, 44.1%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345.6, 61.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 61.2%, 46.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,158,107
CSS custom property--colour: #AA425B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#55BDA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#58595Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#736D59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B8344Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 17.8Pale violetred · ΔE 19Brown · ΔE 24Light coral · ΔE 26.1Sienna · ΔE 32Firebrick · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 17.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#42AA91
Analogous#AA428F, #AA5D42
Triadic#5BAA42, #425BAA
Split complementary#42AA5D, #428FAA
Tetradic#8FAA42, #42AA91, #5D42AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBCDD4
Lighter +30%#DDA8B5
Lighter +20%#CF8395
Lighter +10%#C15E76
Darker −10%#853447
Darker −20%#612534
Darker −30%#3C1720
Darker −40%#17090C
More saturated +25%#C7254C
Less saturated −25%#8C606A

Channel breakdown

R170
G66
B91
Red170 (66.7%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue345.58°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 42 · B 5B

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