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#AE3F5A

#ae3f5a ≈ Brick Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ae3f5a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 24.71% green and 35.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 63.79% magenta, 48.28% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 345.41°, with 46.84% saturation and 46.47% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brick Red (#cb4154), ΔE 7.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#993366
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Relative luminance0.1329

Complementary

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #3fae93

Split complementary

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #3fae5c
  3. #3f91ae

Analogous

  1. #ae3f91
  2. #ae3f5a
  3. #ae5c3f

Triadic

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #5aae3f
  3. #3f5aae

Tetradic

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #ae933f
  3. #3fae93
  4. #3f5aae

Square

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #91ae3f
  3. #3fae93
  4. #5c3fae

Monochromatic

  1. #3e1620
  2. #762b3d
  3. #ae3f5a
  4. #cb6f85
  5. #dfa7b5

Shades

#ae3f5a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #9d3951
  3. #8b3248
  4. #7a2c3f
  5. #682636
  6. #57202d
  7. #461924
  8. #34131b
  9. #230d12
  10. #110609
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae3f5a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #b6526b
  3. #be657b
  4. #c6798c
  5. #ce8c9c
  6. #d79fad
  7. #dfb2bd
  8. #e7c5ce
  9. #efd9de
  10. #f7ecef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae3f5a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae3f5a
  2. #a9465e
  3. #a54c62
  4. #a05365
  5. #9c5969
  6. #97606d
  7. #926671
  8. #8e6d75
  9. #897378
  10. #857a7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #666666 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #895961 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #57585b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #746e57 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd2f49 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #834f5a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f5f58 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b73651 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae3f5a {
  color: #ae3f5a;
}
Background
.bg-ae3f5a {
  background-color: #ae3f5a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ae3f5a {
  border: 2px solid #ae3f5a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae3f5a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 63 90;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 47% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae3f5a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae3f5a, #ae5c3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae3f5a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 63 90 / 0.35);
}

#cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 7.70 #d71868 Dogwood Rose ΔE 7.80 #cf3476 Telemagenta ΔE 8.38 #893f45 Cordovan ΔE 8.67 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 8.72 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 8.96 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 9.25 #51c0a5 Inverted #666666 Grayscale 

Brick Red
#ae3f5a  rgb(174, 63, 90)  hsl(345, 47%, 46%)  Brick Red
#3fae93  rgb(63, 174, 147)  hsl(165, 47%, 46%)  Jungle Green
#5aae3f  rgb(90, 174, 63)  hsl(105, 47%, 46%)  Kelly Green
#3f5aae  rgb(63, 90, 174)  hsl(225, 47%, 46%)  Sapphire