Colour

#C0072B

#C0072B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C0072B is a red with RGB values 192, 7, 43 and HSL 348°, 93%, 39%. 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

#C0072B#C0072B

HEX#C0072B

RGBrgb(192, 7, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.0275, 0.1686

RGB percentages75.3%, 2.7%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(348.3, 93%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.3, 96.4%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 96.4%, 77.6%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,584,747

CSS custom property--colour: #C0072B;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness106.1 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#313131

Inverted#3FF8D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F482Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#796C24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D4001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 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 9.1 Firebrick · ΔE 9.4 Brown · ΔE 15.9 Dark red · ΔE 19.6 Maroon · ΔE 22.7 Tomato · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07C09C

Analogous#C00787, #C04007

Triadic#2BC007, #072BC0

Split complementary#07C03F, #0787C0

Tetradic#88C007, #07C09C, #4007C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB98AB

Lighter +30%#F96783

Lighter +20%#F8355B

Lighter +10%#F10936

Darker −10%#8F0520

Darker −20%#5E0315

Darker −30%#2C020A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C70027

Less saturated −25%#A7203A

Channel breakdown

R192

B43

Red192 (75.3%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue348.32°

Saturation (HSL)92.96%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G 07 · B 2B

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Colour values

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