Recognised as Colour

#AE062A

#AE062A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE062A is a red with RGB values 174, 6, 42 and HSL 347°, 93%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE062A#AE062A

HEX#AE062A

RGBrgb(174, 6, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.0235, 0.1647

RGB percentages68.2%, 2.4%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(347.1, 93.3%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.1, 96.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 96.6%, 75.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,404,842

CSS custom property--colour: #AE062A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.34:1

Contrast with white7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#51F9D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#464129no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6224no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C0001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.2 Brown · ΔE 10.7 Crimson · ΔE 15.4 Dark red · ΔE 16.9 Maroon · ΔE 18.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06AE8A

Analogous#AE067E, #AE3606

Triadic#2AAE06, #062AAE

Split complementary#06AE36, #067EAE

Tetradic#7EAE06, #06AE8A, #3606AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB859E

Lighter +30%#F95477

Lighter +20%#F72350

Lighter +10%#DF0836

Darker −10%#7D041E

Darker −20%#4B0312

Darker −30%#1A0106

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B40027

Less saturated −25%#981D37

Channel breakdown

R174

B42

Red174 (68.2%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue347.14°

Saturation (HSL)93.33%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 06 · B 2A

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