Recognised as Colour

#AA837E

#AA837E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#AA837E is a red with RGB values 170, 131, 126 and HSL 7°, 21%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#AA837E

RGBrgb(170, 131, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.5137, 0.4941

RGB percentages66.7%, 51.4%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(6.8, 20.6%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.8, 25.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK0%, 22.9%, 25.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,174,782

CSS custom property--colour: #AA837E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#557C81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B887Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#948F7Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B37F82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 6.3 Gray · ΔE 17.2 Dark grey · ΔE 19.8 Dim grey · ΔE 21.6 Tan · ΔE 24.8 Silver · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EA5AA

Analogous#AA7E8F, #AA997E

Triadic#7EAA83, #837EAA

Split complementary#7EAA99, #7E8FAA

Tetradic#8FAA7E, #7EA5AA, #997EAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF9F9

Lighter +30%#E7DCDA

Lighter +20%#D3BEBB

Lighter +10%#BEA19D

Darker −10%#946761

Darker −20%#75524D

Darker −30%#563C39

Darker −40%#372725

More saturated +25%#C56E63

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R170

G131

B126

Red170 (66.7%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue6.82°

Saturation (HSL)20.56%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AA · G 83 · B 7E

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