Recognised as Colour

#AE111D

#AE111D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE111D is a red with RGB values 174, 17, 29 and HSL 355°, 82%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE111D#AE111D

HEX#AE111D

RGBrgb(174, 17, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.0667, 0.1137

RGB percentages68.2%, 6.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(355.4, 82.2%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.4, 90.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 90.2%, 83.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,407,645

CSS custom property--colour: #AE111D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.25:1

Contrast with white7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#51EEE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A421Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6214no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C00019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 3.4 Brown · ΔE 11.5 Dark red · ΔE 12 Maroon · ΔE 15.4 Crimson · ΔE 16.7 Indian red · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 3.35, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11AEA2

Analogous#AE116C, #AE5411

Triadic#1DAE11, #111DAE

Split complementary#11AE54, #116CAE

Tetradic#6CAE11, #11AEA2, #5311AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5969D

Lighter +30%#F06872

Lighter +20%#EC3947

Lighter +10%#DC1625

Darker −10%#800C15

Darker −20%#51080E

Darker −30%#230306

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BF000F

Less saturated −25%#962931

Channel breakdown

R174

G17

B29

Red174 (68.2%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue355.41°

Saturation (HSL)82.2%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 11 · B 1D

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