Recognised as Colour

#AC305A

#AC305A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#AC305A is a red with RGB values 172, 48, 90 and HSL 340°, 56%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#AC305A#AC305A

HEX#AC305A

RGBrgb(172, 48, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.1882, 0.3529

RGB percentages67.5%, 18.8%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(339.7, 56.4%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.7, 72.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 72.1%, 47.7%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,284,570

CSS custom property--colour: #AC305A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1

Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#53CFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C505Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6957no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BB1A41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 21.8 Indian red · ΔE 23 Brown · ΔE 26.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.3 Light coral · ΔE 31.2 Hot pink · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 21.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30AC82

Analogous#AC3098, #AC4430

Triadic#5AAC30, #305AAC

Split complementary#30AC44, #3098AC

Tetradic#98AC30, #30AC82, #4430AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECBCCC

Lighter +30%#E194AE

Lighter +20%#D66C90

Lighter +10%#CB4472

Darker −10%#842545

Darker −20%#5C1A30

Darker −30%#340F1B

Darker −40%#0D0307

More saturated +25%#C81451

Less saturated −25%#914B63

Channel breakdown

R172

G48

B90

Red172 (67.5%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue339.68°

Saturation (HSL)56.36%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 30 · B 5A

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