Colour

#AE0301

#AE0301
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE0301 is a red with RGB values 174, 3, 1 and HSL 1°, 99%, 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

#AE0301#AE0301

HEX#AE0301

RGBrgb(174, 3, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.0118, 0.0039

RGB percentages68.2%, 1.2%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(0.7, 98.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.7, 99.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 98.3%, 99.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,404,033

CSS custom property--colour: #AE0301;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09066WCAG 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 7.46:1

Contrast with white7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#51FCFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#483F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C10009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13.3 Dark red · ΔE 14.7 Maroon · ΔE 19.8 Brown · ΔE 22 Crimson · ΔE 22.6 Tomato · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01ACAE

Analogous#AE0156, #AE5A01

Triadic#01AE03, #0301AE

Split complementary#01AE5A, #0155AE

Tetradic#55AE01, #01ACAE, #5A01AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE7E7D

Lighter +30%#FE4C4A

Lighter +20%#FE1A17

Lighter +10%#E10401

Darker −10%#7B0201

Darker −20%#490100

Darker −30%#160000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF0200

Less saturated −25%#981817

Channel breakdown

R174

Red174 (68.2%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue0.69°

Saturation (HSL)98.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 03 · B 01

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