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Recognised as Colour

#AA668E

  • #AA668E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#AA668E is a magenta with RGB values 170, 102, 142 and HSL 325°, 29%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#AA668E#AA668E
HEX#AA668E
RGBrgb(170, 102, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4, 0.5569
RGB percentages66.7%, 40%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(324.7, 28.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(324.7, 40%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 40%, 16.5%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,167,374
CSS custom property--colour: #AA668E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#559971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B758Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C808Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B26674no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 18.6Plum · ΔE 24.5Rosy brown · ΔE 26.1Light pink · ΔE 33.4Hot pink · ΔE 34.1Thistle · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 18.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66AA82
Analogous#A466AA, #AA666C
Triadic#8EAA66, #668EAA
Split complementary#6CAA66, #66AAA4
Tetradic#AAA466, #66AA82, #666CAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E9EF
Lighter +30%#E1C8D7
Lighter +20%#CEA8BE
Lighter +10%#BC87A6
Darker −10%#8E4F74
Darker −20%#6D3D59
Darker −30%#4D2B3E
Darker −40%#2C1824
More saturated +25%#C84893
Less saturated −25%#8C8489

Channel breakdown

R170
G102
B142
Red170 (66.7%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue324.71°
Saturation (HSL)28.57%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 66 · B 8E

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