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Recognised as Colour

#AA5358

  • #AA5358
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#AA5358 is a red with RGB values 170, 83, 88 and HSL 357°, 34%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AA5358#AA5358
HEX#AA5358
RGBrgb(170, 83, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.3255, 0.3451
RGB percentages66.7%, 32.5%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(356.6, 34.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 51.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 51.2%, 48.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,162,456
CSS custom property--colour: #AA5358;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#55ACA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#666358no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C7456no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B84755no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 14Light coral · ΔE 21.8Pale violetred · ΔE 21.8Sienna · ΔE 22.9Brown · ΔE 23.2Rosy brown · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53AAA5
Analogous#AA5384, #AA7A53
Triadic#58AA53, #5358AA
Split complementary#53AA7A, #5384AA
Tetradic#84AA53, #53AAA5, #7A53AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDBDC
Lighter +30%#DDB9BB
Lighter +20%#CC979A
Lighter +10%#BB7579
Darker −10%#884246
Darker −20%#653235
Darker −30%#432123
Darker −40%#211011
More saturated +25%#CA333C
Less saturated −25%#8A7374

Channel breakdown

R170
G83
B88
Red170 (66.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue356.55°
Saturation (HSL)34.39%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 53 · B 58

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