Recognised as Colour

#AA4446

#AA4446
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AA4446 is a red with RGB values 170, 68, 70 and HSL 359°, 43%, 47%. 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

#AA4446#AA4446

HEX#AA4446

RGBrgb(170, 68, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2667, 0.2745

RGB percentages66.7%, 26.7%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(358.8, 42.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.8, 60%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 60%, 58.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,158,598

CSS custom property--colour: #AA4446;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#55BBB9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#776D44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BA3246no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.9 Brown · ΔE 13.8 Sienna · ΔE 19.8 Firebrick · ΔE 22.4 Light coral · ΔE 23.2 Maroon · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#44AAA8

Analogous#AA4479, #AA7544

Triadic#46AA44, #4446AA

Split complementary#44AA75, #4479AA

Tetradic#79AA44, #44AAA8, #7544AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECCECF

Lighter +30%#DDAAAB

Lighter +20%#CE8687

Lighter +10%#C06163

Darker −10%#863537

Darker −20%#612728

Darker −30%#3D1819

Darker −40%#180A0A

More saturated +25%#C82629

Less saturated −25%#8C6263

Channel breakdown

R170

G68

B70

Red170 (66.7%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue358.82°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 44 · B 46

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