Recognised as Colour

#AE371A

#AE371A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE371A is a red with RGB values 174, 55, 26 and HSL 12°, 74%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE371A#AE371A

HEX#AE371A

RGBrgb(174, 55, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2157, 0.102

RGB percentages68.2%, 21.6%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(11.8, 74%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.8, 85.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 68.4%, 85.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,417,370

CSS custom property--colour: #AE371A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11806WCAG 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 6.25:1

Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#51C8E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5015no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#776A13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C00D32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.6 Brown · ΔE 13.3 Dark red · ΔE 13.5 Maroon · ΔE 16.2 Sienna · ΔE 19.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A91AE

Analogous#AE1A47, #AE811A

Triadic#1AAE37, #371AAE

Split complementary#1AAE81, #1A47AE

Tetradic#47AE1A, #1A91AE, #811AAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1B2A3

Lighter +30%#EB8D76

Lighter +20%#E4684A

Lighter +10%#DA4521

Darker −10%#822913

Darker −20%#551B0D

Darker −30%#290D06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C72801

Less saturated −25%#954633

Channel breakdown

R174

G55

B26

Red174 (68.2%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue11.76°

Saturation (HSL)74%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 37 · B 1A

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