Information about #AE2426 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A vivid, lively red, #AE2426 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Upsdell Red (#AE2029). Slightly further away sit Firebrick (#B22222) and Rambutan Red (#A72127).
In RGB terms — rgb(174, 36, 38) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.1:1. #AE2426 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#AE2426 color variations
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#AE2426 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AE2426 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AE2426 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AE2426 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AE2426 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #AE2426 color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #AE2426
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AE2029
#B22222
#A72127
#B22B27
#AE1C28
#B72126
#B11D20
#B62020
#A52A2A
#A62A20
#A62C2B
#B22833
#AE2426 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AE2426
- RGB174, 36, 38
- CMYK0, 54, 53, 32
- CSSrgb(174, 36, 38)
- HSL359°, 66%, 41%
- HSL Precise359.13°, 65.714%, 41.176%
- HSV359°, 79%, 68%
- HSB359°, 79%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.141
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.149
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.141, 0.149)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.141, 0.149, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.141, 0.149)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB14.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB14.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDAE2426
- DECIMAL ID11412518
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
