Recognised as Colour

#AC344A

#AC344A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AC344A is a red with RGB values 172, 52, 74 and HSL 349°, 54%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AC344A#AC344A

HEX#AC344A

RGBrgb(172, 52, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.2039, 0.2902

RGB percentages67.5%, 20.4%, 29%

HSLhsl(349, 53.6%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349, 69.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 69.8%, 57%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,285,578

CSS custom property--colour: #AC344A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#53CBB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52504Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#716947no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BC193Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 15.4 Brown · ΔE 15.8 Firebrick · ΔE 23.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 25.1 Light coral · ΔE 26.8 Maroon · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34AC96

Analogous#AC3486, #AC5A34

Triadic#4AAC34, #344AAC

Split complementary#34AC5A, #3486AC

Tetradic#86AC34, #34AC96, #5A34AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECC0C8

Lighter +30%#E099A6

Lighter +20%#D47284

Lighter +10%#C84B62

Darker −10%#852839

Darker −20%#5E1C28

Darker −30%#371017

Darker −40%#0F0507

More saturated +25%#C81838

Less saturated −25%#90505C

Channel breakdown

R172

G52

B74

Red172 (67.5%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue349°

Saturation (HSL)53.57%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 34 · B 4A

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