Colour

#AA4950

#AA4950
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AA4950 is a red with RGB values 170, 73, 80 and HSL 356°, 40%, 48%. 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

#AA4950#AA4950

HEX#AA4950

RGBrgb(170, 73, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.2863, 0.3137

RGB percentages66.7%, 28.6%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(355.7, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 57.1%, 52.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,159,888

CSS custom property--colour: #AA4950;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#55B6AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#78704Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B93A4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.1 Brown · ΔE 18.6 Light coral · ΔE 22.5 Sienna · ΔE 22.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.1 Salmon · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#49AAA3

Analogous#AA4980, #AA7249

Triadic#50AA49, #4950AA

Split complementary#49AA72, #4981AA

Tetradic#81AA49, #49AAA3, #7349AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD3D5

Lighter +30%#DDAFB3

Lighter +20%#CD8C90

Lighter +10%#BE686E

Darker −10%#863A3F

Darker −20%#632A2E

Darker −30%#3F1B1E

Darker −40%#1B0C0D

More saturated +25%#C82B36

Less saturated −25%#8C676A

Channel breakdown

R170

G73

B80

Red170 (66.7%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue355.67°

Saturation (HSL)39.92%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 49 · B 50

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