Recognised as Colour

#C00837

#C00837
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C00837 is a red with RGB values 192, 8, 55 and HSL 345°, 92%, 39%. 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

#C00837#C00837

HEX#C00837

RGBrgb(192, 8, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.0314, 0.2157

RGB percentages75.3%, 3.1%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(344.7, 92%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.7, 95.8%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 95.8%, 71.4%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,585,015

CSS custom property--colour: #C00837;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#3FF7C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4937no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#786C31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69 from the original

Tritanopia#D30022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.5 Firebrick · ΔE 13.7 Brown · ΔE 16 Dark red · ΔE 23.3 Indian red · ΔE 24.6 Maroon · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08C091

Analogous#C00893, #C03508

Triadic#37C008, #0837C0

Split complementary#08C035, #0893C0

Tetradic#93C008, #08C091, #3508C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB99B2

Lighter +30%#F9688D

Lighter +20%#F73768

Lighter +10%#F10A45

Darker −10%#8F0629

Darker −20%#5E041B

Darker −30%#2D020D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C80033

Less saturated −25%#A72143

Channel breakdown

R192

B55

Red192 (75.3%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue344.67°

Saturation (HSL)92%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G 08 · B 37

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