Recognised as Colour

#AC1E50

#AC1E50
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AC1E50 is a red with RGB values 172, 30, 80 and HSL 339°, 70%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#AC1E50

RGBrgb(172, 30, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.1176, 0.3137

RGB percentages67.5%, 11.8%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(338.9, 70.3%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.9, 82.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 82.6%, 53.5%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,279,952

CSS custom property--colour: #AC1E50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.87:1

Contrast with white6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#53E1AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#454851no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A644Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BC0035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24 Indian red · ΔE 24.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 26.5 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.4 Firebrick · ΔE 29.8 Crimson · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1EAC7A

Analogous#AC1E97, #AC331E

Triadic#50AC1E, #1E50AC

Split complementary#1EAC33, #1E97AC

Tetradic#97AC1E, #1EAC7A, #331EAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F0A6C0

Lighter +30%#E87BA1

Lighter +20%#E05083

Lighter +10%#D72664

Darker −10%#81163C

Darker −20%#550F28

Darker −30%#2A0713

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C50549

Less saturated −25%#933757

Channel breakdown

R172

G30

B80

Red172 (67.5%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue338.87°

Saturation (HSL)70.3%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 1E · B 50

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