Recognised as Colour

#AF5159

#AF5159
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#AF5159 is a red with RGB values 175, 81, 89 and HSL 355°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#AF5159

RGBrgb(175, 81, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3176, 0.349

RGB percentages68.6%, 31.8%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(354.9, 37%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.9, 53.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 53.7%, 49.1%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,489,625

CSS custom property--colour: #AF5159;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#50AEA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#656359no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7657no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BE4454no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.5 Light coral · ΔE 20.7 Brown · ΔE 21.7 Sienna · ΔE 24 Salmon · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51AFA7

Analogous#AF5188, #AF7851

Triadic#59AF51, #5159AF

Split complementary#51AF78, #5188AF

Tetradic#88AF51, #51AFA7, #7851AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDDDE

Lighter +30%#DFBABD

Lighter +20%#CF979C

Lighter +10%#BF747A

Darker −10%#8C4147

Darker −20%#693135

Darker −30%#472024

Darker −40%#241012

More saturated +25%#CF313F

Less saturated −25%#8F7173

Channel breakdown

R175

G81

B89

Red175 (68.6%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue354.89°

Saturation (HSL)37.01%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 51 · B 59

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