Colour

#AE5357

#AE5357
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE5357 is a red with RGB values 174, 83, 87 and HSL 357°, 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

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HEX#AE5357

RGBrgb(174, 83, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3255, 0.3412

RGB percentages68.2%, 32.5%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(357.4, 36%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.4, 52.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 52.3%, 50%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,424,599

CSS custom property--colour: #AE5357;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1

Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#51ACA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676357no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7655no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BD4655no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.9 Light coral · ΔE 20.5 Brown · ΔE 21.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.9 Sienna · ΔE 22 Salmon · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53AEAA

Analogous#AE5385, #AE7D53

Triadic#57AE53, #5357AE

Split complementary#53AE7D, #5385AE

Tetradic#84AE53, #53AEAA, #7C53AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDEDE

Lighter +30%#DFBBBD

Lighter +20%#CF989B

Lighter +10%#BE7679

Darker −10%#8C4245

Darker −20%#693234

Darker −30%#472123

Darker −40%#241112

More saturated +25%#CE333A

Less saturated −25%#8E7374

Channel breakdown

R174

G83

B87

Red174 (68.2%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue357.36°

Saturation (HSL)35.97%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 53 · B 57

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