Recognised as Colour

#AE3239

#AE3239
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AE3239 is a red with RGB values 174, 50, 57 and HSL 357°, 55%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AE3239#AE3239

HEX#AE3239

RGBrgb(174, 50, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1961, 0.2235

RGB percentages68.2%, 19.6%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(356.6, 55.4%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 71.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 71.3%, 67.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,416,121

CSS custom property--colour: #AE3239;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.33:1

Contrast with white6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#51CDC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544F38no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#746935no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BF0836no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6 Firebrick · ΔE 13.5 Indian red · ΔE 14.4 Maroon · ΔE 19.7 Dark red · ΔE 20.2 Crimson · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32AEA7

Analogous#AE3277, #AE6932

Triadic#39AE32, #3239AE

Split complementary#32AE69, #3277AE

Tetradic#77AE32, #32AEA7, #6932AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDBFC2

Lighter +30%#E1989C

Lighter +20%#D67076

Lighter +10%#CB4850

Darker −10%#86272C

Darker −20%#5F1B1F

Darker −30%#371012

Darker −40%#100405

More saturated +25%#CA1620

Less saturated −25%#924E52

Channel breakdown

R174

G50

B57

Red174 (68.2%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue356.61°

Saturation (HSL)55.36%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 32 · B 39

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