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Recognised as Colour

#FF6AAC

  • #FF6AAC
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Hot pink

#FF6AAC is a red with RGB values 255, 106, 172 and HSL 333°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Hot pink.

Colour values

#FF6AAC#FF6AAC
HEX#FF6AAC
RGBrgb(255, 106, 172)
RGB (0–1)1, 0.4157, 0.6745
RGB percentages100%, 41.6%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(333.4, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.4, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK0%, 58.4%, 32.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,738,988
CSS custom property--colour: #FF6AAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#009553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818EAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9A9A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FF6084no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Hot pink · ΔE 4.6Pale violetred · ΔE 19.2Deep pink · ΔE 23.7Medium violet red · ΔE 23.9Orchid · ΔE 29.3Violet · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourHot pink (#FF69B4)ΔE 4.63, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFFBD
Analogous#FF6AF6, #FF736A
Triadic#ACFF6A, #6AACFF
Split complementary#6AFF73, #6AF6FF
Tetradic#F6FF6A, #6AFFBD, #736AFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFD0E5
Lighter +10%#FF9DC8
Darker −10%#FF3790
Darker −20%#FF0473
Darker −30%#D0005C
Darker −40%#9D0046
More saturated +25%#FF6AAC
Less saturated −25%#EC7DAE

Channel breakdown

R255
G106
B172
Red255 (100%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue333.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FF · G 6A · B AC

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