Colour

#AF553F

#AF553F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#AF553F is a red with RGB values 175, 85, 63 and HSL 12°, 47%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#AF553F#AF553F

HEX#AF553F

RGBrgb(175, 85, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.3333, 0.2471

RGB percentages68.6%, 33.3%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(11.8, 47.1%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.8, 64%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 51.4%, 64%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,490,623

CSS custom property--colour: #AF553F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1

Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#50AAC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C633Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#82773Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BF4450no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.7 Indian red · ΔE 14.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 17.5 Salmon · ΔE 22.8 Light coral · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F99AF

Analogous#AF3F61, #AF8D3F

Triadic#3FAF55, #553FAF

Split complementary#3FAF8D, #3F61AF

Tetradic#61AF3F, #3F99AF, #8D3FAF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDD3CD

Lighter +30%#DFB2A7

Lighter +20%#D29282

Lighter +10%#C4715D

Darker −10%#8A4332

Darker −20%#643124

Darker −30%#3E1E16

Darker −40%#190C09

More saturated +25%#CD4321

Less saturated −25%#91675D

Channel breakdown

R175

G85

B63

Red175 (68.6%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue11.79°

Saturation (HSL)47.06%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 55 · B 3F

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