Colour

#C12D40

#C12D40
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#C12D40 is a red with RGB values 193, 45, 64 and HSL 352°, 62%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#C12D40#C12D40

HEX#C12D40

RGBrgb(193, 45, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.1765, 0.251

RGB percentages75.7%, 17.6%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(352.3, 62.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 76.7%, 75.7%)

CMYK0%, 76.7%, 66.8%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,660,032

CSS custom property--colour: #C12D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1

Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#3ED2BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#585340no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D723Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D40036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.6 Firebrick · ΔE 12.9 Crimson · ΔE 15.2 Indian red · ΔE 17.1 Dark red · ΔE 23.1 Maroon · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DC1AE

Analogous#C12D8A, #C1642D

Triadic#40C12D, #2D40C1

Split complementary#2DC164, #2D8AC1

Tetradic#8AC12D, #2DC1AE, #642DC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C8CD

Lighter +30%#E89EA8

Lighter +20%#DF7583

Lighter +10%#D54C5D

Darker −10%#982332

Darker −20%#6E1A25

Darker −30%#451017

Darker −40%#1C0609

More saturated +25%#DF0F2A

Less saturated −25%#A34B56

Channel breakdown

R193

G45

B64

Red193 (75.7%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue352.3°

Saturation (HSL)62.18%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C1 · G 2D · B 40

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Colour values

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