Recognised as Colour

#AE0C09

#AE0C09
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE0C09 is a red with RGB values 174, 12, 9 and HSL 1°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE0C09#AE0C09

HEX#AE0C09

RGBrgb(174, 12, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.0471, 0.0353

RGB percentages68.2%, 4.7%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(1.1, 90.2%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.1, 94.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 93.1%, 94.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,406,345

CSS custom property--colour: #AE0C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.35:1

Contrast with white7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#51F3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4003no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C10010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.2 Dark red · ΔE 12.8 Maroon · ΔE 17.8 Brown · ΔE 18.9 Crimson · ΔE 20.9 Tomato · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09ABAE

Analogous#AE0959, #AE5E09

Triadic#09AE0C, #0C09AE

Split complementary#09AE5F, #0958AE

Tetradic#58AE09, #09ABAE, #5E09AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F98C8A

Lighter +30%#F65C5A

Lighter +20%#F42D29

Lighter +10%#DE0F0C

Darker −10%#7E0906

Darker −20%#4D0504

Darker −30%#1D0201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B70300

Less saturated −25%#972220

Channel breakdown

R174

G12

Red174 (68.2%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue1.09°

Saturation (HSL)90.16%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 0C · B 09

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