Colour

#AC5859

#AC5859
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AC5859 is a red with RGB values 172, 88, 89 and HSL 359°, 34%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AC5859#AC5859

HEX#AC5859

RGBrgb(172, 88, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.3451, 0.349

RGB percentages67.5%, 34.5%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(359.3, 33.6%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.3, 48.8%, 67.5%)

CMYK0%, 48.8%, 48.3%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,294,809

CSS custom property--colour: #AC5859;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#53A7A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A6659no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BA4C59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 13.8 Light coral · ΔE 20.9 Sienna · ΔE 21.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.7 Brown · ΔE 23.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#58ACAB

Analogous#AC5883, #AC8158

Triadic#59AC58, #5859AC

Split complementary#58AC81, #5883AC

Tetradic#83AC58, #58ACAB, #8158AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E0E0

Lighter +30%#DFBEBF

Lighter +20%#CE9C9D

Lighter +10%#BD7A7B

Darker −10%#8C4546

Darker −20%#6A3435

Darker −30%#472424

Darker −40%#251313

More saturated +25%#CB393A

Less saturated −25%#8D7778

Channel breakdown

R172

G88

B89

Red172 (67.5%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue359.29°

Saturation (HSL)33.6%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AC · G 58 · B 59

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