#ae443c

Color #ae443c

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 9.65 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ae443c

RGB

rgb(174, 68, 60)

HSL

hsl(4.2, 48.7%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(4.2, 65.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 65.5%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(43.45, 42.82, 27.24)

LCH

lch(43.45, 50.75, 32.46)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.1406, 27.22)

HWB

hwb(4.2, 23.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3ca6ae

Analogous

#ae3c6d

#ae443c

#ae7d3c

Triadic

#ae443c

#3cae44

#443cae

Split-complementary

#ae443c

#3cae7d

#3c6dae

Tetradic

#ae443c

#a6ae3c

#3ca6ae

#443cae

Square

#ae443c

#6dae3c

#3ca6ae

#7d3cae

Shades

Color #ae443c mixed toward black.

#913932

#742d28

#57221e

#3a1714

#1d0b0a

Tints

Color #ae443c mixed toward white.

#c45c54

#d07d76

#dc9d98

#e7bebb

#f3dedd

Tones

Color #ae443c mixed toward gray.

#a54c46

#9b544f

#925d59

#886562

#7f6d6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.69:1

White text reads better on this background (5.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8c3e · ΔE 41.1

Deuteranopia

#92983f · ΔE 45.4

Tritanopia

#ab4040 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ae443c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ae443c]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

#ae443c (#ae443c) is rgb(174, 68, 60) in RGB.

No, #ae443c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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