Recognised as Colour

#AE8695

#AE8695
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#AE8695 is a red with RGB values 174, 134, 149 and HSL 338°, 20%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#AE8695

RGBrgb(174, 134, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5255, 0.5843

RGB percentages68.2%, 52.5%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(337.5, 19.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.5, 23%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 23%, 14.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,437,717

CSS custom property--colour: #AE8695;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#51796A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A8D96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#939394no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B5858Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 9.4 Gray · ΔE 19 Dark grey · ΔE 20 Thistle · ΔE 21.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3 Slate grey · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#86AE9F

Analogous#AE86A9, #AE8B86

Triadic#95AE86, #8695AE

Split complementary#86AE8B, #86A9AE

Tetradic#A9AE86, #86AE9F, #8B86AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBE2E5

Lighter +20%#D7C3CB

Lighter +10%#C2A5B0

Darker −10%#9A677A

Darker −20%#7B5362

Darker −30%#5D3E4A

Darker −40%#3E2A31

More saturated +25%#C76D8F

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R174

G134

B149

Red174 (68.2%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue337.5°

Saturation (HSL)19.8%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 86 · B 95

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