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Recognised as Colour

#AE5B50

  • #AE5B50
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#AE5B50 is a red with RGB values 174, 91, 80 and HSL 7°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE5B50#AE5B50
HEX#AE5B50
RGBrgb(174, 91, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3569, 0.3137
RGB percentages68.2%, 35.7%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(7, 37%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7, 54%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 47.7%, 54%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,426,640
CSS custom property--colour: #AE5B50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#51A4AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F684Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#83794Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BD4E58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 13.2Sienna · ΔE 15.1Light coral · ΔE 20.6Brown · ΔE 22.1Dark salmon · ΔE 22.8Saddle brown · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50A3AE
Analogous#AE5074, #AE8A50
Triadic#50AE5B, #5B50AE
Split complementary#50AE8A, #5074AE
Tetradic#74AE50, #50A3AE, #8A50AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDEDB
Lighter +30%#DFBDB8
Lighter +20%#CE9C96
Lighter +10%#BE7B73
Darker −10%#8B4940
Darker −20%#683630
Darker −30%#452420
Darker −40%#221210
More saturated +25%#CE4330
Less saturated −25%#8E7370

Channel breakdown

R174
G91
B80
Red174 (68.2%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue7.02°
Saturation (HSL)37.01%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 5B · B 50

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