Recognised as Colour

#AE2409

#AE2409
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE2409 is a red with RGB values 174, 36, 9 and HSL 10°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE2409#AE2409

HEX#AE2409

RGBrgb(174, 36, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1412, 0.0353

RGB percentages68.2%, 14.1%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(9.8, 90.2%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.8, 94.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 79.3%, 94.8%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,412,489

CSS custom property--colour: #AE2409;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.87:1

Contrast with white6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#51DBF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514701no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#736500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C00021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.8 Dark red · ΔE 12.6 Maroon · ΔE 17.2 Brown · ΔE 18 Crimson · ΔE 24.2 Tomato · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0993AE

Analogous#AE0941, #AE7609

Triadic#09AE24, #2409AE

Split complementary#09AE76, #0941AE

Tetradic#41AE09, #0993AE, #7609AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F99C8A

Lighter +30%#F6735A

Lighter +20%#F44A29

Lighter +10%#DE2E0C

Darker −10%#7E1A06

Darker −20%#4D1004

Darker −30%#1D0601

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B71E00

Less saturated −25%#973320

Channel breakdown

R174

G36

Red174 (68.2%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue9.82°

Saturation (HSL)90.16%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 24 · B 09

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