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Recognised as Colour

#AA426D

  • #AA426D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#AA426D is a red with RGB values 170, 66, 109 and HSL 335°, 44%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#AA426D#AA426D
HEX#AA426D
RGBrgb(170, 66, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2588, 0.4275
RGB percentages66.7%, 25.9%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(335.2, 44.1%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.2, 61.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 61.2%, 35.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,158,125
CSS custom property--colour: #AA426D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#55BD92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#535B6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F6E6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B73A53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 17.3Indian red · ΔE 26.8Medium violet red · ΔE 27.2Hot pink · ΔE 29.1Light coral · ΔE 32Brown · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#42AA7F
Analogous#AA42A1, #AA4B42
Triadic#6DAA42, #426DAA
Split complementary#42AA4B, #42A1AA
Tetradic#A1AA42, #42AA7F, #4B42AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBCDD9
Lighter +30%#DDA8BE
Lighter +20%#CF83A2
Lighter +10%#C15E87
Darker −10%#853455
Darker −20%#61253E
Darker −30%#3C1726
Darker −40%#17090F
More saturated +25%#C72568
Less saturated −25%#8C6072

Channel breakdown

R170
G66
B109
Red170 (66.7%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue335.19°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 42 · B 6D

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