Recognised as Colour

#AD514E

#AD514E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AD514E is a red with RGB values 173, 81, 78 and HSL 2°, 38%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#AD514E

RGBrgb(173, 81, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.3176, 0.3059

RGB percentages67.8%, 31.8%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(1.9, 37.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.9, 54.9%, 67.8%)

CMYK0%, 53.2%, 54.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,358,542

CSS custom property--colour: #AD514E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#52AEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67614Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E744Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BC4251no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.7 Sienna · ΔE 17.9 Brown · ΔE 18.5 Light coral · ΔE 20.8 Salmon · ΔE 24.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4EAAAD

Analogous#AD4E7B, #AD814E

Triadic#4EAD51, #514EAD

Split complementary#4EAD81, #4E7BAD

Tetradic#7BAD4E, #4EAAAD, #804EAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEDAD9

Lighter +30%#DEB7B6

Lighter +20%#CE9593

Lighter +10%#BE7270

Darker −10%#8A413E

Darker −20%#67302E

Darker −30%#44201E

Darker −40%#200F0F

More saturated +25%#CC342F

Less saturated −25%#8E6E6D

Channel breakdown

R173

G81

B78

Red173 (67.8%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue1.89°

Saturation (HSL)37.85%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AD · G 51 · B 4E

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