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Recognised as Colour

#AC074B

  • #AC074B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#AC074B is a red with RGB values 172, 7, 75 and HSL 335°, 92%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AC074B#AC074B
HEX#AC074B
RGBrgb(172, 7, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.0275, 0.2941
RGB percentages67.5%, 2.7%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(335.3, 92.2%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.3, 95.9%, 67.5%)
CMYK0%, 95.9%, 56.4%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,274,059
CSS custom property--colour: #AC074B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#53F8B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#40434Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#686147no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BC002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.5Indian red · ΔE 26.9Medium violet red · ΔE 27.2Crimson · ΔE 28.3Firebrick · ΔE 29.2Pale violetred · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#07AC68
Analogous#AC079E, #AC1507
Triadic#4BAC07, #074BAC
Split complementary#07AC15, #079EAC
Tetradic#9EAC07, #07AC68, #1607AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FA85B5
Lighter +30%#F85498
Lighter +20%#F6237A
Lighter +10%#DD0960
Darker −10%#7B0536
Darker −20%#4A0320
Darker −30%#19010B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B3004A
Less saturated −25%#961D4F

Channel breakdown

R172
G7
B75
Red172 (67.5%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue335.27°
Saturation (HSL)92.18%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AC · G 07 · B 4B

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