Recognised as Colour

#AA666C

#AA666C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#AA666C is a red with RGB values 170, 102, 108 and HSL 355°, 29%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#AA666C#AA666C

HEX#AA666C

RGBrgb(170, 102, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4, 0.4235

RGB percentages66.7%, 40%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(354.7, 28.6%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.7, 40%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 40%, 36.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,167,340

CSS custom property--colour: #AA666C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#757575

Inverted#559993

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#73716Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#837E6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B65F68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 17 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.5 Indian red · ΔE 21.8 Light coral · ΔE 24 Dark salmon · ΔE 27.1 Sienna · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 16.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#66AAA4

Analogous#AA668E, #AA8266

Triadic#6CAA66, #666CAA

Split complementary#66AA82, #668EAA

Tetradic#8EAA66, #66AAA4, #8266AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E9EA

Lighter +30%#E1C8CB

Lighter +20%#CEA8AB

Lighter +10%#BC878B

Darker −10%#8E4F54

Darker −20%#6D3D41

Darker −30%#4D2B2D

Darker −40%#2C181A

More saturated +25%#C84853

Less saturated −25%#8C8485

Channel breakdown

R170

G102

B108

Red170 (66.7%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue354.71°

Saturation (HSL)28.57%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 66 · B 6C

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