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Recognised as Colour

#AF462C

  • #AF462C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#AF462C is a red with RGB values 175, 70, 44 and HSL 12°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AF462C#AF462C
HEX#AF462C
RGBrgb(175, 70, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.2745, 0.1725
RGB percentages68.6%, 27.5%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(11.9, 59.8%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11.9, 74.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 60%, 74.9%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,486,764
CSS custom property--colour: #AF462C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13676WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#50B9D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#635929no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D7029no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C02E40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 12.1Brown · ΔE 12.1Firebrick · ΔE 15.3Saddle brown · ΔE 16.7Indian red · ΔE 17.9Dark red · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C95AF
Analogous#AF2C53, #AF882C
Triadic#2CAF46, #462CAF
Split complementary#2CAF87, #2C54AF
Tetradic#53AF2C, #2C95AF, #872CAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEC4B9
Lighter +30%#E3A191
Lighter +20%#D97E68
Lighter +10%#CF5C3F
Darker −10%#863622
Darker −20%#5D2518
Darker −30%#35150D
Darker −40%#0C0503
More saturated +25%#CA3511
Less saturated −25%#945747

Channel breakdown

R175
G70
B44
Red175 (68.6%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue11.91°
Saturation (HSL)59.82%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G 46 · B 2C

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