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Recognised as Colour

#AA685F

  • #AA685F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#AA685F is a red with RGB values 170, 104, 95 and HSL 7°, 31%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#AA685F#AA685F
HEX#AA685F
RGBrgb(170, 104, 95)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4078, 0.3725
RGB percentages66.7%, 40.8%, 37.3%
HSLhsl(7.2, 30.6%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.2, 44.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 38.8%, 44.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,167,839
CSS custom property--colour: #AA685F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#5597A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#77715Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#877F5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B75F66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 18Indian red · ΔE 20.4Sienna · ΔE 21Dark salmon · ΔE 22.2Light coral · ΔE 23.3Pale violetred · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 17.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FA1AA
Analogous#AA5F7B, #AA8D5F
Triadic#5FAA68, #685FAA
Split complementary#5FAA8E, #5F7BAA
Tetradic#7BAA5F, #5FA1AA, #8E5FAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E6E4
Lighter +30%#DFC6C3
Lighter +20%#CDA7A2
Lighter +10%#BC8780
Darker −10%#8C524A
Darker −20%#6A3F39
Darker −30%#492B27
Darker −40%#281715
More saturated +25%#C95140
Less saturated −25%#8B7F7E

Channel breakdown

R170
G104
B95
Red170 (66.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue95 (37.3%)
Hue7.2°
Saturation (HSL)30.61%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 68 · B 5F

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