Recognised as Colour

#2C010B

#2C010B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2C010B is a red with RGB values 44, 1, 11 and HSL 346°, 96%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2C010B#2C010B

HEX#2C010B

RGBrgb(44, 1, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0039, 0.0431

RGB percentages17.3%, 0.4%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(346, 95.6%, 8.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 97.7%, 17.3%)

CMYK0%, 97.7%, 75%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,883,851

CSS custom property--colour: #2C010B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness24.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.81:1

Contrast with white18.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0B0B0B

Inverted#D3FEF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0B0B0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#17150Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Tritanopia#310004no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 22.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 43.1 Dim grey · ΔE 45 Maroon · ΔE 47.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 49.4 Brown · ΔE 50.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 22.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#012C22

Analogous#2C0121, #2C0C01

Triadic#0B2C01, #010B2C

Split complementary#012C0C, #01212C

Tetradic#212C01, #012C22, #0C012C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3063D

Lighter +30%#C20430

Lighter +20%#900324

Lighter +10%#5E0217

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2D000A

Less saturated −25%#26070E

Channel breakdown

R44

B11

Red44 (17.3%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue346.05°

Saturation (HSL)95.56%

Lightness8.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2C · G 01 · B 0B

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