Recognised as Colour

#AD464E

#AD464E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AD464E is a red with RGB values 173, 70, 78 and HSL 355°, 42%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AD464E#AD464E

HEX#AD464E

RGBrgb(173, 70, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.2745, 0.3059

RGB percentages67.8%, 27.5%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(355.3, 42.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.3, 59.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 59.5%, 54.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,355,726

CSS custom property--colour: #AD464E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1

Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#52B9B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5B4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#78704Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BD3549no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.9 Brown · ΔE 16.5 Light coral · ΔE 22.3 Sienna · ΔE 23 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#46ADA5

Analogous#AD4682, #AD7246

Triadic#4EAD46, #464EAD

Split complementary#46AD71, #4682AD

Tetradic#82AD46, #46ADA5, #7246AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDD2D4

Lighter +30%#DEAEB2

Lighter +20%#CF8A8F

Lighter +10%#C1656C

Darker −10%#89373E

Darker −20%#64292D

Darker −30%#401A1D

Darker −40%#1C0B0D

More saturated +25%#CB2834

Less saturated −25%#8F6468

Channel breakdown

R173

G70

B78

Red173 (67.8%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue355.34°

Saturation (HSL)42.39%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 46 · B 4E

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