Recognised as Colour

#AE2922

#AE2922
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE2922 is a red with RGB values 174, 41, 34 and HSL 3°, 67%, 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 Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE2922#AE2922

HEX#AE2922

RGBrgb(174, 41, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1608, 0.1333

RGB percentages68.2%, 16.1%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(3, 67.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3, 80.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 76.4%, 80.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,413,794

CSS custom property--colour: #AE2922;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#51D6DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#524920no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#73661Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C00029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 3.4 Brown · ΔE 7.5 Dark red · ΔE 11.8 Maroon · ΔE 14.3 Crimson · ΔE 20.3 Indian red · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 3.35, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22A7AE

Analogous#AE2261, #AE6F22

Triadic#22AE29, #2922AE

Split complementary#22AE6F, #2261AE

Tetradic#61AE22, #22A7AE, #6F22AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFB0AD

Lighter +30%#E78782

Lighter +20%#DE5E58

Lighter +10%#D6352D

Darker −10%#831F1A

Darker −20%#591511

Darker −30%#2E0B09

Darker −40%#030101

More saturated +25%#C81208

Less saturated −25%#94403C

Channel breakdown

R174

G41

B34

Red174 (68.2%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue3°

Saturation (HSL)67.31%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 29 · B 22

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