Colour

#C30039

#C30039
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C30039 is a red with RGB values 195, 0, 57 and HSL 342°, 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

#C30039#C30039

HEX#C30039

RGBrgb(195, 0, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0, 0.2235

RGB percentages76.5%, 0%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(342.5, 100%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 100%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.8%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,779,577

CSS custom property--colour: #C30039;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.21:1

Contrast with white6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#3CFFC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4939no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#796E33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D70021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.8 Firebrick · ΔE 15.3 Brown · ΔE 17.8 Dark red · ΔE 24.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.6 Maroon · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C38A

Analogous#C3009A, #C32800

Triadic#39C300, #0039C3

Split complementary#00C328, #009BC3

Tetradic#9BC300, #00C38A, #2900C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF90B0

Lighter +30%#FF5D8C

Lighter +20%#FF2A68

Lighter +10%#F60048

Darker −10%#90002A

Darker −20%#5D001B

Darker −30%#2A000C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C30039

Less saturated −25%#AB1843

Channel breakdown

R195

B57

Red195 (76.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue342.46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G 00 · B 39

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