Colour

#AE2F19

#AE2F19
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE2F19 is a red with RGB values 174, 47, 25 and HSL 9°, 75%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE2F19#AE2F19

HEX#AE2F19

RGBrgb(174, 47, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1843, 0.098

RGB percentages68.2%, 18.4%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(8.9, 74.9%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.9, 85.6%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 73%, 85.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,415,321

CSS custom property--colour: #AE2F19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.52:1

Contrast with white6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#51D0E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564C14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#756811no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C0002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 7.6 Dark red · ΔE 11.8 Brown · ΔE 12.3 Maroon · ΔE 15.1 Sienna · ΔE 22.4 Crimson · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 7.62, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1998AE

Analogous#AE194D, #AE7A19

Triadic#19AE2F, #2F19AE

Split complementary#19AE7A, #194EAE

Tetradic#4DAE19, #1998AE, #7A19AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2ADA1

Lighter +30%#EB8675

Lighter +20%#E55F48

Lighter +10%#DB3B1F

Darker −10%#812313

Darker −20%#55170C

Darker −30%#280B06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C71D00

Less saturated −25%#954132

Channel breakdown

R174

G47

B25

Red174 (68.2%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue8.86°

Saturation (HSL)74.87%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 2F · B 19

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