Recognised as Colour

#AE4242

#AE4242
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE4242 is a red with RGB values 174, 66, 66 and HSL 0°, 45%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE4242#AE4242

HEX#AE4242

RGBrgb(174, 66, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2588, 0.2588

RGB percentages68.2%, 25.9%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(0, 45%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 62.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 62.1%, 62.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,420,226

CSS custom property--colour: #AE4242;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13288WCAG 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 5.74:1

Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#51BDBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5841no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#796F3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BE2C43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.3 Brown · ΔE 10.7 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Sienna · ΔE 19.3 Light coral · ΔE 23.3 Maroon · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42AEAE

Analogous#AE4278, #AE7842

Triadic#42AE42, #4242AE

Split complementary#42AE78, #4278AE

Tetradic#78AE42, #42AEAE, #7842AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCFCF

Lighter +30%#DFAAAA

Lighter +20%#D18585

Lighter +10%#C36060

Darker −10%#893434

Darker −20%#642626

Darker −30%#3F1818

Darker −40%#1A0A0A

More saturated +25%#CC2424

Less saturated −25%#906060

Channel breakdown

R174

G66

B66

Red174 (68.2%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)45%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 42 · B 42

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