Colour

#AE3758

#AE3758
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE3758 is a red with RGB values 174, 55, 88 and HSL 343°, 52%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE3758#AE3758

HEX#AE3758

RGBrgb(174, 55, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2157, 0.3451

RGB percentages68.2%, 21.6%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(343.4, 52%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.4, 68.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 68.4%, 49.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,417,432

CSS custom property--colour: #AE3758;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.02:1

Contrast with white6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#51C8A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#525459no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#716C55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BD2344no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 19.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.8 Brown · ΔE 23 Light coral · ΔE 28 Firebrick · ΔE 30.3 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 19.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37AE8D

Analogous#AE3794, #AE5137

Triadic#58AE37, #3758AE

Split complementary#37AE51, #3794AE

Tetradic#94AE37, #37AE8D, #5137AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDC4D0

Lighter +30%#E09EB0

Lighter +20%#D47791

Lighter +10%#C85071

Darker −10%#872B44

Darker −20%#601F31

Darker −30%#3A121D

Darker −40%#13060A

More saturated +25%#CB1A4B

Less saturated −25%#915465

Channel breakdown

R174

G55

B88

Red174 (68.2%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue343.36°

Saturation (HSL)51.97%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 37 · B 58

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