Colour

#AE243D

#AE243D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AE243D is a red with RGB values 174, 36, 61 and HSL 349°, 66%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AE243D#AE243D

HEX#AE243D

RGBrgb(174, 36, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1412, 0.2392

RGB percentages68.2%, 14.1%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(349.1, 65.7%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.1, 79.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 79.3%, 64.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,412,541

CSS custom property--colour: #AE243D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.73:1

Contrast with white6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#51DBC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D493Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6639no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BF002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.3 Firebrick · ΔE 16.8 Indian red · ΔE 18 Crimson · ΔE 21.7 Maroon · ΔE 23 Dark red · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24AE95

Analogous#AE2482, #AE5024

Triadic#3DAE24, #243DAE

Split complementary#24AE50, #2482AE

Tetradic#82AE24, #24AE95, #5024AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFAFBB

Lighter +30%#E68597

Lighter +20%#DD5B73

Lighter +10%#D4314E

Darker −10%#841B2E

Darker −20%#59131F

Darker −30%#2F0A11

Darker −40%#050102

More saturated +25%#C80A2C

Less saturated −25%#943E4E

Channel breakdown

R174

G36

B61

Red174 (68.2%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue349.13°

Saturation (HSL)65.71%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 24 · B 3D

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