Close to Cranberry
#AA0742
#AA0742 is a dark, vivid pink, close to the color Cranberry. In RGB it’s made of 66.7% red, 2.7% green, and 25.9% blue. Its hue is 338°, with 92% saturation and 35% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #AA0742.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
7.45:1 AAABlack text on this color
2.82:1 FailThis color as text on white
7.45:1 AAAThis color as text on black
2.82:1 FailHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #AA0742 as they’d see it.
#AA0742 in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
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Questions about #AA0742
What color is #AA0742?
#AA0742 is a dark, vivid pink, close to the color Cranberry. In RGB it’s made of 66.7% red, 2.7% green, and 25.9% blue. Its hue is 338°, with 92% saturation and 35% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.
What is #AA0742 in RGB?
#AA0742 is rgb(170, 7, 66): 170 red, 7 green, and 66 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #AA0742 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(0, 96, 61, 33). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #AA0742?
PANTONE 215 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #AA0742?
Its complement #00623E gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.