#A00A50

sRGB · 160 / 10 / 80

#A00A50 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 160 red, 10 green and 80 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 332.0° lands in the rose region. Its 88.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 33.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.91:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 160, 10, 80
HSL: 332.00°, 88.24%, 33.33%
HSV / HSB: 332.00°, 93.75%, 62.75%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 93.75%, 50.00%, 37.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.053, 8.271, 8.341
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 34.541, 58.534, 2.206
WCAG relative luminance: 0.08270
24-bit decimal: 10488400

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A00A50 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.65:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.91:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0AA05A sits half a turn (180°) from #A00A50 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A00A50 #0AA05A

Analogous

#A00A9B and #A00F0A sit 30° to either side of #A00A50. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A00A9B #A00A50 #A00F0A

Triadic

#A00A50, #50A00A and #0A50A0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A00A50 #50A00A #0A50A0

Split complementary

Start at #A00A50 and look across the wheel. #0AA00F and #0A9BA0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A00A50 #0AA00F #0A9BA0

Square

Starting with #A00A50, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #9BA00A, #0AA05A, then #0F0AA0. Across the square, #A00A50 pairs with #0AA05A, and #9BA00A with #0F0AA0.

#A00A50 #9BA00A #0AA05A #0F0AA0

Tetradic

#A00A50 and #0AA05A are opposites, as are #A05A0A and #0A50A0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A00A50 #A05A0A #0AA05A #0A50A0

Tints

Mixing #A00A50 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B33B73, keeps 80% of the original. By #ECCEDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#A00A50 #B33B73 #C66C96 #D99DB9 #ECCEDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A00A50 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #800840, keeps 80% of the original. By #200210, the mixture is 80% black.

#A00A50 #800840 #600630 #400420 #200210 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A00A50 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A225A, keeps 80% of the original. By #866876, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A00A50 #9A225A #933963 #8D516D #866876 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A00A50

RGB

rgb(160 10 80)

HSL

hsl(332.000 88.235% 33.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A00A50;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A00A50 uses 160 red, 10 green and 80 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 62.7%

Green 3.9%

Blue 31.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A00A50 is 0.0% cyan, 93.8% magenta, 50.0% yellow and 37.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 93.8%

Yellow 50.0%

Black 37.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #991155. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #915 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A00A50 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #990066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #991155 Nearest web-safe · #990066

Gradient to complement

#A00A50 #872352 #6E3C53 #555555 #3C6E57 #238758 #0AA05A

Color vision previews

Compare how #A00A50 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#394051

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5F5B4D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#AF002F

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6D3850

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#764A4E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A10E47

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#515151

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#803A51

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.35153 G 0.00304 B 0.08022

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.57456 G 0.12632 B 0.31189

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.28966 G 0.01460 B 0.07927

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.491 y 0.253 Y 8.271

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 37.255 M % 96.078 Y % 68.627

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100000 00001010 01010000