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Recognised as Colour

#AA4929

  • #AA4929
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AA4929 is a red with RGB values 170, 73, 41 and HSL 15°, 61%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AA4929#AA4929
HEX#AA4929
RGBrgb(170, 73, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2863, 0.1608
RGB percentages66.7%, 28.6%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(14.9, 61.1%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14.9, 75.9%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 57.1%, 75.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,159,849
CSS custom property--colour: #AA4929;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#55B6D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#645925no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C6F26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BB3442no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.8Saddle brown · ΔE 13.3Brown · ΔE 15.1Firebrick · ΔE 18.6Indian red · ΔE 19.9Dark red · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#298AAA
Analogous#AA294A, #AA8A29
Triadic#29AA49, #4929AA
Split complementary#29AA8A, #2949AA
Tetradic#49AA29, #298AAA, #8A29AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDC1B2
Lighter +30%#E3A089
Lighter +20%#D97E60
Lighter +10%#CF5D37
Darker −10%#81371F
Darker −20%#582615
Darker −30%#2F140B
Darker −40%#060201
More saturated +25%#C43C0F
Less saturated −25%#905643

Channel breakdown

R170
G73
B41
Red170 (66.7%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue14.88°
Saturation (HSL)61.14%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 49 · B 29

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