Colour

#AE0008

#AE0008
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE0008 is a red with RGB values 174, 0, 8 and HSL 357°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE0008#AE0008

HEX#AE0008

RGBrgb(174, 0, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0, 0.0314

RGB percentages68.2%, 0%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(357.2, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.2, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 95.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,403,272

CSS custom property--colour: #AE0008;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.49:1

Contrast with white7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#51FFF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#483E03no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C10009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.9 Dark red · ΔE 13.5 Maroon · ΔE 18.5 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Crimson · ΔE 20.5 Tomato · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00AEA6

Analogous#AE005F, #AE4F00

Triadic#08AE00, #0008AE

Split complementary#00AE4F, #005FAE

Tetradic#5FAE00, #00AEA6, #4F00AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF7B81

Lighter +30%#FF4850

Lighter +20%#FF1520

Lighter +10%#E1000A

Darker −10%#7B0006

Darker −20%#480003

Darker −30%#150001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE0008

Less saturated −25%#98161C

Channel breakdown

R174

Red174 (68.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue357.24°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 00 · B 08

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