Recognised as Colour

#AE1A20

#AE1A20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE1A20 is a red with RGB values 174, 26, 32 and HSL 358°, 74%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE1A20#AE1A20

HEX#AE1A20

RGBrgb(174, 26, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.102, 0.1255

RGB percentages68.2%, 10.2%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(357.6, 74%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.6, 85.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 85.1%, 81.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,409,952

CSS custom property--colour: #AE1A20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.07:1

Contrast with white7.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#51E5DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C441Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#706419no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C0001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 1.9 Brown · ΔE 9.5 Dark red · ΔE 11.9 Maroon · ΔE 14.9 Crimson · ΔE 17.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 1.89, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1AAEA8

Analogous#AE1A6A, #AE5E1A

Triadic#20AE1A, #1A20AE

Split complementary#1AAE5E, #1A6AAE

Tetradic#6AAE1A, #1AAEA8, #5E1AAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1A3A6

Lighter +30%#EB767B

Lighter +20%#E44A50

Lighter +10%#DA2128

Darker −10%#821318

Darker −20%#550D10

Darker −30%#290608

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C70109

Less saturated −25%#953337

Channel breakdown

R174

G26

B32

Red174 (68.2%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue357.57°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 1A · B 20

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