Recognised as Colour

#AE404B

#AE404B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE404B is a red with RGB values 174, 64, 75 and HSL 354°, 46%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE404B#AE404B

HEX#AE404B

RGBrgb(174, 64, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.251, 0.2941

RGB percentages68.2%, 25.1%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(354, 46.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354, 63.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 63.2%, 56.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,419,723

CSS custom property--colour: #AE404B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#51BFB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B574Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#776E48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BE2C45no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.3 Brown · ΔE 14.6 Firebrick · ΔE 22.8 Light coral · ΔE 23.4 Sienna · ΔE 24.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40AEA3

Analogous#AE4082, #AE6C40

Triadic#4BAE40, #404BAE

Split complementary#40AE6C, #4082AE

Tetradic#82AE40, #40AEA3, #6C40AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCDD0

Lighter +30%#DFA8AD

Lighter +20%#D1838B

Lighter +10%#C45D68

Darker −10%#89323B

Darker −20%#63252B

Darker −30%#3E171B

Darker −40%#19090B

More saturated +25%#CC2233

Less saturated −25%#905E63

Channel breakdown

R174

G64

B75

Red174 (68.2%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue354°

Saturation (HSL)46.22%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 40 · B 4B

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