Information about #AE243D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#AE243D presents itself as a energetic, saturated earthy red — one that sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. In practice it works well for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to StitchCraft (#B02A3E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Deep Carmine (#A9203E) and French Wine (#AC1E44).
In RGB terms — rgb(174, 36, 61) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #AE243D background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 6.7:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.1:1. #AE243D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#AE243D color variations
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#AE243D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AE243D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AE243D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AE243D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AE243D 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 #AE243D color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #AE243D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B02A3E
#A9203E
#AC1E44
#A92A37
#B22234
#AF2E40
#B32134
#AE2F3E
#B22833
#AC3142
#A31F34
#9F263D
#AE243D color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AE243D
- RGB174, 36, 61
- CMYK0, 54, 44, 32
- CSSrgb(174, 36, 61)
- HSL349°, 66%, 41%
- HSL Precise349.13°, 65.714%, 41.176%
- HSV349°, 79%, 68%
- HSB349°, 79%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.682
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.141
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.239
- GLSLvec3(0.682, 0.141, 0.239)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.682, 0.141, 0.239, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.682, 0.141, 0.239)
- Percentage of Red in RGB68.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB14.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB23.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDAE243D
- DECIMAL ID11412541
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
