Recognised as Colour

#AE4249

#AE4249
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE4249 is a red with RGB values 174, 66, 73 and HSL 356°, 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

#AE4249#AE4249

HEX#AE4249

RGBrgb(174, 66, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2588, 0.2863

RGB percentages68.2%, 25.9%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(356.1, 45%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.1, 62.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 62.1%, 58%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,420,233

CSS custom property--colour: #AE4249;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1

Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#51BDB6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C5849no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#786F46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#BE2E45no 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 text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.5 Brown · ΔE 13.7 Firebrick · ΔE 22 Sienna · ΔE 22.5 Light coral · ΔE 22.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42AEA7

Analogous#AE427F, #AE7142

Triadic#49AE42, #4249AE

Split complementary#42AE71, #427FAE

Tetradic#7FAE42, #42AEA7, #7142AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCFD1

Lighter +30%#DFAAAE

Lighter +20%#D1858A

Lighter +10%#C36067

Darker −10%#893439

Darker −20%#64262A

Darker −30%#3F181A

Darker −40%#1A0A0B

More saturated +25%#CC242F

Less saturated −25%#906063

Channel breakdown

R174

G66

B73

Red174 (68.2%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue356.11°

Saturation (HSL)45%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 42 · B 49

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#AE4249

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else