Colour

#AE2B20

#AE2B20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE2B20 is a red with RGB values 174, 43, 32 and HSL 5°, 69%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE2B20#AE2B20

HEX#AE2B20

RGBrgb(174, 43, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1686, 0.1255

RGB percentages68.2%, 16.9%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(4.6, 68.9%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.6, 81.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 75.3%, 81.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,414,304

CSS custom property--colour: #AE2B20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.63:1

Contrast with white6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#51D4DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534A1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#73671Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C0002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 4.2 Brown · ΔE 8.6 Dark red · ΔE 11.5 Maroon · ΔE 14.3 Crimson · ΔE 21.2 Indian red · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.21, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20A3AE

Analogous#AE205C, #AE7220

Triadic#20AE2B, #2B20AE

Split complementary#20AE72, #205CAE

Tetradic#5CAE20, #20A3AE, #7220AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFB0AB

Lighter +30%#E8887F

Lighter +20%#E05F54

Lighter +10%#D83729

Darker −10%#832018

Darker −20%#581610

Darker −30%#2D0B08

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#C81506

Less saturated −25%#94413A

Channel breakdown

R174

G43

B32

Red174 (68.2%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue4.65°

Saturation (HSL)68.93%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 2B · B 20

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