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Recognised as Colour

#AE4256

  • #AE4256
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#AE4256 is a red with RGB values 174, 66, 86 and HSL 349°, 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

#AE4256#AE4256
HEX#AE4256
RGBrgb(174, 66, 86)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2588, 0.3373
RGB percentages68.2%, 25.9%, 33.7%
HSLhsl(348.9, 45%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.9, 62.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 62.1%, 50.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,420,246
CSS custom property--colour: #AE4256;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#51BDA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5956no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#766F53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BD314Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 14.4Brown · ΔE 20.3Pale violetred · ΔE 20.3Light coral · ΔE 24.1Firebrick · ΔE 28.3Sienna · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 14.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#42AE9A
Analogous#AE428C, #AE6442
Triadic#56AE42, #4256AE
Split complementary#42AE64, #428CAE
Tetradic#8CAE42, #42AE9A, #6442AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCFD5
Lighter +30%#DFAAB4
Lighter +20%#D18593
Lighter +10%#C36072
Darker −10%#893444
Darker −20%#642631
Darker −30%#3F181F
Darker −40%#1A0A0D
More saturated +25%#CC2443
Less saturated −25%#906069

Channel breakdown

R174
G66
B86
Red174 (68.2%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue86 (33.7%)
Hue348.89°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 42 · B 56

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