Recognised as Colour

#AE4036

#AE4036
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#AE4036 is a red with RGB values 174, 64, 54 and HSL 5°, 53%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#AE4036#AE4036

HEX#AE4036

RGBrgb(174, 64, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.251, 0.2118

RGB percentages68.2%, 25.1%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(5, 52.6%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5, 69%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 63.2%, 69%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,419,702

CSS custom property--colour: #AE4036;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#51BFC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5634no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#796E33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BF273Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 7.5 Indian red · ΔE 13.2 Firebrick · ΔE 14.4 Sienna · ΔE 16.1 Maroon · ΔE 19.4 Dark red · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36A4AE

Analogous#AE3668, #AE7C36

Triadic#36AE40, #4036AE

Split complementary#36AE7C, #3668AE

Tetradic#68AE36, #36A4AE, #7C36AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDC7C3

Lighter +30%#E0A29D

Lighter +20%#D47E76

Lighter +10%#C8594F

Darker −10%#87322A

Darker −20%#60231E

Darker −30%#391512

Darker −40%#120706

More saturated +25%#CB281A

Less saturated −25%#925853

Channel breakdown

R174

G64

B54

Red174 (68.2%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue5°

Saturation (HSL)52.63%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 40 · B 36

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