Recognised as Colour

#AE311A

#AE311A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE311A is a red with RGB values 174, 49, 26 and HSL 9°, 74%, 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

#AE311A#AE311A

HEX#AE311A

RGBrgb(174, 49, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1922, 0.102

RGB percentages68.2%, 19.2%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(9.3, 74%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.3, 85.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 71.8%, 85.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,415,834

CSS custom property--colour: #AE311A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.45:1

Contrast with white6.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#51CEE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574D15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#766813no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C0002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.1 Dark red · ΔE 12.1 Brown · ΔE 12.1 Maroon · ΔE 15.2 Sienna · ΔE 21.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A97AE

Analogous#AE1A4D, #AE7B1A

Triadic#1AAE31, #311AAE

Split complementary#1AAE7B, #1A4DAE

Tetradic#4DAE1A, #1A97AE, #7B1AAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1AFA3

Lighter +30%#EB8876

Lighter +20%#E4624A

Lighter +10%#DA3D21

Darker −10%#822513

Darker −20%#55180D

Darker −30%#290C06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C72001

Less saturated −25%#954233

Channel breakdown

R174

G49

B26

Red174 (68.2%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue9.32°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 31 · B 1A

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