Recognised as Colour

#AA455B

#AA455B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AA455B is a red with RGB values 170, 69, 91 and HSL 347°, 42%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AA455B#AA455B

HEX#AA455B

RGBrgb(170, 69, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2706, 0.3569

RGB percentages66.7%, 27.1%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(346.9, 42.3%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.9, 59.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 59.4%, 46.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,158,875

CSS custom property--colour: #AA455B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.3 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#5C5C5C

Inverted#55BAA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5A5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#746F59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B8384Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 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

Indian red · ΔE 16.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 18.9 Brown · ΔE 23.8 Light coral · ΔE 25.2 Sienna · ΔE 30.7 Salmon · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 16.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#45AA94

Analogous#AA458E, #AA6145

Triadic#5BAA45, #455BAA

Split complementary#45AA61, #458EAA

Tetradic#8DAA45, #45AA94, #6145AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECCFD6

Lighter +30%#DDABB6

Lighter +20%#CE8796

Lighter +10%#BF6377

Darker −10%#863648

Darker −20%#612834

Darker −30%#3D1921

Darker −40%#190A0D

More saturated +25%#C8274A

Less saturated −25%#8C636C

Channel breakdown

R170

G69

B91

Red170 (66.7%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue346.93°

Saturation (HSL)42.26%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 45 · B 5B

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