Colour

#AE000A

#AE000A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE000A is a red with RGB values 174, 0, 10 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

#AE000A#AE000A

HEX#AE000A

RGBrgb(174, 0, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0, 0.0392

RGB percentages68.2%, 0%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(356.6, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 94.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,403,274

CSS custom property--colour: #AE000A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09021WCAG 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#51FFF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#473E05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C1000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 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 10.2 Dark red · ΔE 13.2 Maroon · ΔE 18.1 Brown · ΔE 19.1 Crimson · ΔE 20 Tomato · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00AEA4

Analogous#AE0061, #AE4D00

Triadic#0AAE00, #000AAE

Split complementary#00AE4D, #0061AE

Tetradic#61AE00, #00AEA4, #4D00AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF7B83

Lighter +30%#FF4853

Lighter +20%#FF1522

Lighter +10%#E1000D

Darker −10%#7B0007

Darker −20%#480004

Darker −30%#150001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE000A

Less saturated −25%#98161D

Channel breakdown

R174

B10

Red174 (68.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue356.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 00 · B 0A

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