Colour

#C30032

#C30032
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C30032 is a red with RGB values 195, 0, 50 and HSL 345°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#C30032#C30032

HEX#C30032

RGBrgb(195, 0, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0, 0.1961

RGB percentages76.5%, 0%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(344.6, 100%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.6, 100%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 74.4%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,779,570

CSS custom property--colour: #C30032;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.24:1

Contrast with white6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#3CFFCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4832no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D7001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.9 Firebrick · ΔE 12.5 Brown · ΔE 17.1 Dark red · ΔE 22.5 Maroon · ΔE 25 Indian red · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C391

Analogous#C30093, #C33000

Triadic#32C300, #0032C3

Split complementary#00C330, #0093C3

Tetradic#93C300, #00C391, #3000C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF90AC

Lighter +30%#FF5D87

Lighter +20%#FF2A61

Lighter +10%#F6003F

Darker −10%#900025

Darker −20%#5D0018

Darker −30%#2A000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C30032

Less saturated −25%#AB183E

Channel breakdown

R195

B50

Red195 (76.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue344.62°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G 00 · B 32

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