Recognised as Colour

#AA4856

#AA4856
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AA4856 is a red with RGB values 170, 72, 86 and HSL 351°, 40%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#AA4856

RGBrgb(170, 72, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2824, 0.3373

RGB percentages66.7%, 28.2%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(351.4, 40.5%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 57.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 57.6%, 49.4%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,159,638

CSS custom property--colour: #AA4856;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1

Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#55B7A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5C56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#767054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B93A4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 14.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.6 Brown · ΔE 21.2 Light coral · ΔE 23.4 Sienna · ΔE 26.5 Salmon · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48AA9C

Analogous#AA4887, #AA6B48

Triadic#56AA48, #4856AA

Split complementary#48AA6B, #4887AA

Tetradic#87AA48, #48AA9C, #6B48AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD2D6

Lighter +30%#DDAEB5

Lighter +20%#CE8A94

Lighter +10%#BE6773

Darker −10%#863944

Darker −20%#622A32

Darker −30%#3F1A20

Darker −40%#1B0B0E

More saturated +25%#C82A40

Less saturated −25%#8C666C

Channel breakdown

R170

G72

B86

Red170 (66.7%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue351.43°

Saturation (HSL)40.5%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 48 · B 56

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