Colour

#C20033

#C20033
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C20033 is a red with RGB values 194, 0, 51 and HSL 344°, 100%, 38%. 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

#C20033#C20033

HEX#C20033

RGBrgb(194, 0, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0, 0.2

RGB percentages76.1%, 0%, 20%

HSLhsl(344.2, 100%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.2, 100%, 76.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73.7%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,714,035

CSS custom property--colour: #C20033;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#3DFFCC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4833no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#796D2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D6001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 8.5 Firebrick · ΔE 12.8 Brown · ΔE 16.9 Dark red · ΔE 22.7 Maroon · ΔE 25 Indian red · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C28F

Analogous#C20094, #C22E00

Triadic#33C200, #0033C2

Split complementary#00C22E, #0094C2

Tetradic#94C200, #00C28F, #2E00C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8FAC

Lighter +30%#FF5C87

Lighter +20%#FF2961

Lighter +10%#F50040

Darker −10%#8F0026

Darker −20%#5C0018

Darker −30%#29000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C20033

Less saturated −25%#AA183E

Channel breakdown

R194

B51

Red194 (76.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue344.23°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C2 · G 00 · B 33

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