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Recognised as Colour

#AD1962

  • #AD1962
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#AD1962 is a red with RGB values 173, 25, 98 and HSL 330°, 75%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#AD1962#AD1962
HEX#AD1962
RGBrgb(173, 25, 98)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.098, 0.3843
RGB percentages67.8%, 9.8%, 38.4%
HSLhsl(330.4, 74.7%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.4, 85.5%, 67.8%)
CMYK0%, 85.5%, 43.4%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,344,226
CSS custom property--colour: #AD1962;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#52E69D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E4A64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#66655Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62 from the original
Tritanopia#BC003Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 17Pale violetred · ΔE 26.9Hot pink · ΔE 28.1Deep pink · ΔE 29.6Indian red · ΔE 33.2Purple · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#19AD64
Analogous#AD19AC, #AD1A19
Triadic#62AD19, #1962AD
Split complementary#19AD1A, #19ACAD
Tetradic#ACAD19, #19AD64, #1A19AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1A1C8
Lighter +30%#EB74AF
Lighter +20%#E44895
Lighter +10%#DA1F7B
Darker −10%#801349
Darker −20%#540C30
Darker −30%#270616
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C60062
Less saturated −25%#943262

Channel breakdown

R173
G25
B98
Red173 (67.8%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue98 (38.4%)
Hue330.41°
Saturation (HSL)74.75%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AD · G 19 · B 62

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