Recognised as Colour

#C0003C

#C0003C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C0003C is a red with RGB values 192, 0, 60 and HSL 341°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#C0003C#C0003C

HEX#C0003C

RGBrgb(192, 0, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0, 0.2353

RGB percentages75.3%, 0%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(341.3, 100%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.3, 100%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 68.7%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,582,972

CSS custom property--colour: #C0003C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1

Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#3FFFC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B483Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70 from the original

Deuteranopia#776C37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70 from the original

Tritanopia#D30022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.4 Firebrick · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 17.9 Indian red · ΔE 25 Dark red · ΔE 25.9 Maroon · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C084

Analogous#C0009C, #C02400

Triadic#3CC000, #003CC0

Split complementary#00C024, #009CC0

Tetradic#9CC000, #00C084, #2400C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8DB1

Lighter +30%#FF5A8E

Lighter +20%#FF276B

Lighter +10%#F3004C

Darker −10%#8D002C

Darker −20%#5A001C

Darker −30%#27000C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C0003C

Less saturated −25%#A81845

Channel breakdown

R192

B60

Red192 (75.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue341.25°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G 00 · B 3C

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