Colour

#C21E46

#C21E46
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C21E46 is a red with RGB values 194, 30, 70 and HSL 345°, 73%, 44%. 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

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HEX#C21E46

RGBrgb(194, 30, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.1176, 0.2745

RGB percentages76.1%, 11.8%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(345.4, 73.2%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.4, 84.5%, 76.1%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 63.9%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,721,734

CSS custom property--colour: #C21E46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1

Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#3DE1B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514F46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A7041no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D50031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.8 Brown · ΔE 17.3 Firebrick · ΔE 18.7 Indian red · ΔE 21.2 Dark red · ΔE 27.8 Maroon · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1EC29A

Analogous#C21E98, #C2481E

Triadic#46C21E, #1E46C2

Split complementary#1EC248, #1E98C2

Tetradic#98C21E, #1EC29A, #481EC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4B8C7

Lighter +30%#ED8CA4

Lighter +20%#E66081

Lighter +10%#E0335D

Darker −10%#961736

Darker −20%#6A1026

Darker −30%#3D0A16

Darker −40%#110306

More saturated +25%#DE0238

Less saturated −25%#A63A54

Channel breakdown

R194

G30

B70

Red194 (76.1%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue345.37°

Saturation (HSL)73.21%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C2 · G 1E · B 46

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