Recognised as Colour

#AE3A22

#AE3A22
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#AE3A22 is a red with RGB values 174, 58, 34 and HSL 10°, 67%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#AE3A22#AE3A22

HEX#AE3A22

RGBrgb(174, 58, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2275, 0.1333

RGB percentages68.2%, 22.7%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(10.3, 67.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.3, 80.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 80.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,418,146

CSS custom property--colour: #AE3A22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#51C5DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B511Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#786B1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C01735no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.3 Brown · ΔE 10.6 Dark red · ΔE 14.3 Maroon · ΔE 16.1 Sienna · ΔE 17.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2296AE

Analogous#AE2250, #AE8022

Triadic#22AE3A, #3A22AE

Split complementary#22AE80, #2250AE

Tetradic#50AE22, #2296AE, #8022AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFB8AD

Lighter +30%#E79482

Lighter +20%#DE6F58

Lighter +10%#D64A2D

Darker −10%#832C1A

Darker −20%#591E11

Darker −30%#2E0F09

Darker −40%#030101

More saturated +25%#C82908

Less saturated −25%#944B3C

Channel breakdown

R174

G58

B34

Red174 (68.2%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue10.29°

Saturation (HSL)67.31%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 3A · B 22

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