Colour

#C31559

#C31559
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#C31559 is a red with RGB values 195, 21, 89 and HSL 337°, 81%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#C31559#C31559

HEX#C31559

RGBrgb(195, 21, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.0824, 0.349

RGB percentages76.5%, 8.2%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(336.6, 80.6%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.6, 89.2%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 89.2%, 54.4%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,784,985

CSS custom property--colour: #C31559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#3CEAA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4F5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#777055no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D50037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 24.6 Crimson · ΔE 25.6 Deep pink · ΔE 27 Indian red · ΔE 27.4 Brown · ΔE 27.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 24.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15C37F

Analogous#C315B0, #C32815

Triadic#59C315, #1559C3

Split complementary#15C328, #15B0C3

Tetradic#B0C315, #15C37F, #2815C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6AECA

Lighter +30%#F180AC

Lighter +20%#EC528E

Lighter +10%#E72470

Darker −10%#951044

Darker −20%#670B2F

Darker −30%#39061A

Darker −40%#0B0105

More saturated +25%#D80054

Less saturated −25%#A8305F

Channel breakdown

R195

G21

B89

Red195 (76.5%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue336.55°

Saturation (HSL)80.56%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G 15 · B 59

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