Recognised as Colour

#C12D29

#C12D29
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C12D29 is a red with RGB values 193, 45, 41 and HSL 2°, 65%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#C12D29

RGBrgb(193, 45, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.1765, 0.1608

RGB percentages75.7%, 17.6%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(1.6, 65%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.6, 78.8%, 75.7%)

CMYK0%, 76.7%, 78.8%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,660,009

CSS custom property--colour: #C12D29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1

Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#3ED2D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5227no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7222no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D5002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 4.6 Brown · ΔE 12.8 Crimson · ΔE 15.1 Dark red · ΔE 16.7 Maroon · ΔE 20.1 Tomato · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.65, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29BDC1

Analogous#C12971, #C17929

Triadic#29C12D, #2D29C1

Split complementary#29C179, #2971C1

Tetradic#71C129, #29BDC1, #7929C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C5C4

Lighter +30%#E99C9A

Lighter +20%#E1726F

Lighter +10%#D84945

Darker −10%#972320

Darker −20%#6D1917

Darker −30%#43100E

Darker −40%#190605

More saturated +25%#DE110C

Less saturated −25%#A44946

Channel breakdown

R193

G45

B41

Red193 (75.7%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue1.58°

Saturation (HSL)64.96%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C1 · G 2D · B 29

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