Recognised as Colour

#AE2B22

#AE2B22
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE2B22 is a red with RGB values 174, 43, 34 and HSL 4°, 67%, 41%. 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

#AE2B22#AE2B22

HEX#AE2B22

RGBrgb(174, 43, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1686, 0.1333

RGB percentages68.2%, 16.9%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(3.9, 67.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.9, 80.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 75.3%, 80.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,414,306

CSS custom property--colour: #AE2B22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10842WCAG 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#51D4DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534A1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Deuteranopia#73671Cno 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 13.8 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 Brown · ΔE 7.6 Dark red · ΔE 11.9 Maroon · ΔE 14.3 Crimson · ΔE 20.9 Indian red · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.02, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22A5AE

Analogous#AE225F, #AE7122

Triadic#22AE2B, #2B22AE

Split complementary#22AE71, #225FAE

Tetradic#5FAE22, #22A5AE, #7122AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFB1AD

Lighter +30%#E78982

Lighter +20%#DE6058

Lighter +10%#D6382D

Darker −10%#83201A

Darker −20%#591611

Darker −30%#2E0B09

Darker −40%#030101

More saturated +25%#C81408

Less saturated −25%#94423C

Channel breakdown

R174

G43

B34

Red174 (68.2%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue3.86°

Saturation (HSL)67.31%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 2B · B 22

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