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Colour

#AE124D

  • #AE124D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#AE124D is a red with RGB values 174, 18, 77 and HSL 337°, 81%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AE124D#AE124D
HEX#AE124D
RGBrgb(174, 18, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.0706, 0.302
RGB percentages68.2%, 7.1%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(337.3, 81.3%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(337.3, 89.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 89.7%, 55.7%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,407,949
CSS custom property--colour: #AE124D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#51EDB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#43464Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6449no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BE002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24Indian red · ΔE 25.7Medium violet red · ΔE 27.4Crimson · ΔE 28.1Pale violetred · ΔE 28.7Firebrick · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#12AE73
Analogous#AE129B, #AE2512
Triadic#4DAE12, #124DAE
Split complementary#12AE25, #129BAE
Tetradic#9BAE12, #12AE73, #2512AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F498BB
Lighter +30%#F0699C
Lighter +20%#EB3B7E
Lighter +10%#DC1761
Darker −10%#800D39
Darker −20%#520824
Darker −30%#230410
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C00049
Less saturated −25%#962A53

Channel breakdown

R174
G18
B77
Red174 (68.2%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue337.31°
Saturation (HSL)81.25%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 12 · B 4D

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