Recognised as Colour

#AE5555

#AE5555
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE5555 is a red with RGB values 174, 85, 85 and HSL 0°, 35%, 51%. 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

#AE5555#AE5555

HEX#AE5555

RGBrgb(174, 85, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3333, 0.3333

RGB percentages68.2%, 33.3%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(0, 35.5%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 51.1%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 51.1%, 51.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,425,109

CSS custom property--colour: #AE5555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1

Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#51AAAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#696554no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7753no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BD4856no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.7 Sienna · ΔE 20.1 Light coral · ΔE 20.2 Brown · ΔE 21.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.3 Salmon · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55AEAE

Analogous#AE5582, #AE8255

Triadic#55AE55, #5555AE

Split complementary#55AE82, #5582AE

Tetradic#82AE55, #55AEAE, #8255AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0DFDF

Lighter +30%#DFBDBD

Lighter +20%#CF9A9A

Lighter +10%#BE7878

Darker −10%#8D4343

Darker −20%#6A3333

Darker −30%#482222

Darker −40%#251212

More saturated +25%#CD3636

Less saturated −25%#8F7474

Channel breakdown

R174

G85

B85

Red174 (68.2%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)35.46%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 55 · B 55

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