Colour

#AE5353

#AE5353
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE5353 is a red with RGB values 174, 83, 83 and HSL 0°, 36%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE5353#AE5353

HEX#AE5353

RGBrgb(174, 83, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3255, 0.3255

RGB percentages68.2%, 32.5%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(0, 36%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 52.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 52.3%, 52.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,424,595

CSS custom property--colour: #AE5353;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#51ACAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686352no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7651no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BD4554no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.1 Sienna · ΔE 19.8 Brown · ΔE 20.2 Light coral · ΔE 20.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.7 Salmon · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53AEAE

Analogous#AE5381, #AE8153

Triadic#53AE53, #5353AE

Split complementary#53AE81, #5381AE

Tetradic#81AE53, #53AEAE, #8153AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDEDE

Lighter +30%#DFBBBB

Lighter +20%#CF9898

Lighter +10%#BE7676

Darker −10%#8C4242

Darker −20%#693232

Darker −30%#472121

Darker −40%#241111

More saturated +25%#CE3333

Less saturated −25%#8E7373

Channel breakdown

R174

G83

B83

Red174 (68.2%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)35.97%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 53 · B 53

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