Recognised as Colour

#C0091E

#C0091E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C0091E is a red with RGB values 192, 9, 30 and HSL 353°, 91%, 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 Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#C0091E

RGBrgb(192, 9, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.0353, 0.1176

RGB percentages75.3%, 3.5%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(353.1, 91%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.1, 95.3%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 95.3%, 84.4%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,585,246

CSS custom property--colour: #C0091E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1

Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#3FF6E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#50471Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6C13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D40017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.5 Crimson · ΔE 12.7 Dark red · ΔE 18.1 Brown · ΔE 18.8 Maroon · ΔE 22.3 Tomato · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09C0AB

Analogous#C00979, #C05009

Triadic#1EC009, #091EC0

Split complementary#09C050, #097AC0

Tetradic#7AC009, #09C0AB, #5009C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA9BA6

Lighter +30%#F86A7A

Lighter +20%#F6394F

Lighter +10%#F10B26

Darker −10%#8F0716

Darker −20%#5F040F

Darker −30%#2E0207

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C90017

Less saturated −25%#A72231

Channel breakdown

R192

B30

Red192 (75.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue353.11°

Saturation (HSL)91.04%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G 09 · B 1E

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