Colour

#AE1700

#AE1700
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE1700 is a red with RGB values 174, 23, 0 and HSL 8°, 100%, 34%. 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

#AE1700#AE1700

HEX#AE1700

RGBrgb(174, 23, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.0902, 0

RGB percentages68.2%, 9%, 0%

HSLhsl(7.9, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.9, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 86.8%, 100%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,409,152

CSS custom property--colour: #AE1700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.19:1

Contrast with white7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#51E8FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#706300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C10016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13.4 Dark red · ΔE 14.4 Maroon · ΔE 19.4 Brown · ΔE 21.5 Crimson · ΔE 24.4 Tomato · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0097AE

Analogous#AE0040, #AE6E00

Triadic#00AE17, #1700AE

Split complementary#00AE6E, #0040AE

Tetradic#40AE00, #0097AE, #6E00AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8C7B

Lighter +30%#FF6048

Lighter +20%#FF3415

Lighter +10%#E11E00

Darker −10%#7B1000

Darker −20%#480A00

Darker −30%#150300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE1700

Less saturated −25%#982716

Channel breakdown

R174

G23

Red174 (68.2%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue7.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 17 · B 00

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