Colour

#AE5C52

#AE5C52
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AE5C52 is a red with RGB values 174, 92, 82 and HSL 7°, 36%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#AE5C52#AE5C52

HEX#AE5C52

RGBrgb(174, 92, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3608, 0.3216

RGB percentages68.2%, 36.1%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(6.5, 36.2%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.5, 52.9%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 47.1%, 52.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,426,898

CSS custom property--colour: #AE5C52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#51A3AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6951no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#837A51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BD4F5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 13.5 Sienna · ΔE 15.9 Light coral · ΔE 20.5 Dark salmon · ΔE 22.7 Brown · ΔE 22.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#52A4AE

Analogous#AE5276, #AE8A52

Triadic#52AE5C, #5C52AE

Split complementary#52AE8A, #5276AE

Tetradic#76AE52, #52A4AE, #8A52AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDFDD

Lighter +30%#DFBEBA

Lighter +20%#CF9D97

Lighter +10%#BE7D75

Darker −10%#8C4941

Darker −20%#693731

Darker −30%#462521

Darker −40%#231311

More saturated +25%#CE4332

Less saturated −25%#8E7572

Channel breakdown

R174

G92

B82

Red174 (68.2%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue6.52°

Saturation (HSL)36.22%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 5C · B 52

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