Recognised as Colour

#C0043C

#C0043C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C0043C is a red with RGB values 192, 4, 60 and HSL 342°, 96%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#C0043C

RGBrgb(192, 4, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.0157, 0.2353

RGB percentages75.3%, 1.6%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(342.1, 95.9%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.1, 97.9%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 97.9%, 68.7%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,583,996

CSS custom property--colour: #C0043C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1

Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#3FFBC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C493Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#776C37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D30023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.3 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5 Brown · ΔE 17.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.6 Dark red · ΔE 25.6 Maroon · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04C088

Analogous#C0049A, #C02A04

Triadic#3CC004, #043CC0

Split complementary#04C02A, #049AC0

Tetradic#9AC004, #04C088, #2A04C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD93B3

Lighter +30%#FC618F

Lighter +20%#FB2F6C

Lighter +10%#F2054C

Darker −10%#8E032C

Darker −20%#5C021D

Darker −30%#2A010D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C4003A

Less saturated −25%#A81C46

Channel breakdown

R192

B60

Red192 (75.3%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue342.13°

Saturation (HSL)95.92%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G 04 · B 3C

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