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Recognised as Colour

#AE454B

  • #AE454B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#AE454B is a red with RGB values 174, 69, 75 and HSL 357°, 43%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE454B#AE454B
HEX#AE454B
RGBrgb(174, 69, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2706, 0.2941
RGB percentages68.2%, 27.1%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(356.6, 43.2%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.6, 60.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 60.3%, 56.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,421,003
CSS custom property--colour: #AE454B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1
Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#51BAB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E5A4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#797049no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BE3348no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.2Brown · ΔE 14.8Sienna · ΔE 22Light coral · ΔE 22.3Firebrick · ΔE 23.2Pale violetred · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45AEA8
Analogous#AE4580, #AE7345
Triadic#4BAE45, #454BAE
Split complementary#45AE73, #4580AE
Tetradic#80AE45, #45AEA8, #7345AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD2D3
Lighter +30%#DFADB0
Lighter +20%#D0898D
Lighter +10%#C2646A
Darker −10%#89373B
Darker −20%#65282C
Darker −30%#401A1C
Darker −40%#1C0B0C
More saturated +25%#CC2730
Less saturated −25%#906366

Channel breakdown

R174
G69
B75
Red174 (68.2%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue356.57°
Saturation (HSL)43.21%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 45 · B 4B

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