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Recognised as Colour

#AE546F

  • #AE546F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#AE546F is a red with RGB values 174, 84, 111 and HSL 342°, 36%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#AE546F#AE546F
HEX#AE546F
RGBrgb(174, 84, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3294, 0.4353
RGB percentages68.2%, 32.9%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(342, 35.7%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342, 51.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 51.7%, 36.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,424,879
CSS custom property--colour: #AE546F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#51AB90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#636670no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A776Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BB4C5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 14.3Indian red · ΔE 21.6Light coral · ΔE 25.7Rosy brown · ΔE 28.1Brown · ΔE 31.9Hot pink · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54AE93
Analogous#AE549C, #AE6654
Triadic#6FAE54, #546FAE
Split complementary#54AE66, #549CAE
Tetradic#9CAE54, #54AE93, #6654AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0DEE4
Lighter +30%#DFBCC6
Lighter +20%#CF99A9
Lighter +10%#BE778C
Darker −10%#8C4359
Darker −20%#6A3243
Darker −30%#47222D
Darker −40%#251117
More saturated +25%#CE3462
Less saturated −25%#8F737C

Channel breakdown

R174
G84
B111
Red174 (68.2%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue342°
Saturation (HSL)35.71%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 54 · B 6F

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