Colour

#C21953

#C21953
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C21953 is a red with RGB values 194, 25, 83 and HSL 339°, 77%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#C21953#C21953

HEX#C21953

RGBrgb(194, 25, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.098, 0.3255

RGB percentages76.1%, 9.8%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(339.4, 77.2%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.4, 87.1%, 76.1%)

CMYK0%, 87.1%, 57.2%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,720,467

CSS custom property--colour: #C21953;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#3DE6AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4F54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#78704Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D40035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 22.5 Brown · ΔE 24.1 Indian red · ΔE 24.7 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 28.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 22.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19C288

Analogous#C219A8, #C23319

Triadic#53C219, #1953C2

Split complementary#19C233, #19A8C2

Tetradic#A8C219, #19C288, #3319C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5B2C9

Lighter +30%#EF85A9

Lighter +20%#E9588A

Lighter +10%#E42A6A

Darker −10%#951340

Darker −20%#680D2C

Darker −30%#3A0819

Darker −40%#0D0206

More saturated +25%#DB004B

Less saturated −25%#A7345C

Channel breakdown

R194

G25

B83

Red194 (76.1%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue339.41°

Saturation (HSL)77.17%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C2 · G 19 · B 53

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