Recognised as Colour

#AE8D93

#AE8D93
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#AE8D93 is a red with RGB values 174, 141, 147 and HSL 349°, 17%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#AE8D93#AE8D93

HEX#AE8D93

RGBrgb(174, 141, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.5529, 0.5765

RGB percentages68.2%, 55.3%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(349.1, 16.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.1, 19%, 68.2%)

CMYK0%, 19%, 15.5%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,439,507

CSS custom property--colour: #AE8D93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1

Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#51726C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#919293no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#999792no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B48B8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 6.5 Dark grey · ΔE 15.4 Gray · ΔE 15.8 Silver · ΔE 20.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 21 Thistle · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DAEA8

Analogous#AE8DA3, #AE988D

Triadic#93AE8D, #8D93AE

Split complementary#8DAE98, #8DA3AE

Tetradic#A3AE8D, #8DAEA8, #988DAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEE6E8

Lighter +20%#D8C9CB

Lighter +10%#C3ABAF

Darker −10%#996F77

Darker −20%#7D585F

Darker −30%#5F4348

Darker −40%#412E32

More saturated +25%#C67583

Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R174

G141

B147

Red174 (68.2%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue349.09°

Saturation (HSL)16.92%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AE · G 8D · B 93

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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