Colour

#AE3C50

#AE3C50
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE3C50 is a red with RGB values 174, 60, 80 and HSL 349°, 49%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE3C50#AE3C50

HEX#AE3C50

RGBrgb(174, 60, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2353, 0.3137

RGB percentages68.2%, 23.5%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(349.5, 48.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.5, 65.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 65.5%, 54%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,418,704

CSS custom property--colour: #AE3C50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#51C3AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#575650no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#746D4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BE2744no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 14.1 Brown · ΔE 17.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.6 Light coral · ΔE 24.9 Firebrick · ΔE 25.4 Sienna · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3CAE9A

Analogous#AE3C89, #AE613C

Triadic#50AE3C, #3C50AE

Split complementary#3CAE61, #3C89AE

Tetradic#89AE3C, #3CAE9A, #613CAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDC9D0

Lighter +30%#DFA4AE

Lighter +20%#D27E8C

Lighter +10%#C5586B

Darker −10%#882F3F

Darker −20%#62222D

Darker −30%#3C151C

Darker −40%#16080A

More saturated +25%#CB1F3D

Less saturated −25%#915963

Channel breakdown

R174

G60

B80

Red174 (68.2%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue349.47°

Saturation (HSL)48.72%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 3C · B 50

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Colour values

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