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Recognised as Colour

#AA759D

  • #AA759D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AA759D is a magenta with RGB values 170, 117, 157 and HSL 315°, 24%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AA759D#AA759D
HEX#AA759D
RGBrgb(170, 117, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.4588, 0.6157
RGB percentages66.7%, 45.9%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(314.7, 23.8%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(314.7, 31.2%, 66.7%)
CMYK0%, 31.2%, 7.6%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,171,229
CSS custom property--colour: #AA759D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#558A62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#75819Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#82899Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AF7783no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.4Pale violetred · ΔE 23.2Rosy brown · ΔE 23.6Thistle · ΔE 28.3Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6Slate grey · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75AA82
Analogous#9D75AA, #AA7583
Triadic#9DAA75, #759DAA
Split complementary#83AA75, #75AA9D
Tetradic#AA9C75, #75AA82, #7583AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F3F7
Lighter +30%#E4D4E0
Lighter +20%#D1B4CA
Lighter +10%#BD95B3
Darker −10%#925A84
Darker −20%#724768
Darker −30%#53334B
Darker −40%#33202F
More saturated +25%#C659AB
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R170
G117
B157
Red170 (66.7%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue314.72°
Saturation (HSL)23.77%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AA · G 75 · B 9D

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