Recognised as Colour

#C4001A

#C4001A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C4001A is a red with RGB values 196, 0, 26 and HSL 352°, 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 Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#C4001A

RGBrgb(196, 0, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0, 0.102

RGB percentages76.9%, 0%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(352, 100%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352, 100%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 86.7%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,845,082

CSS custom property--colour: #C4001A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.25:1

Contrast with white6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#3BFFE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514817no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C6E0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original

Tritanopia#D90011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.6 Crimson · ΔE 13.8 Dark red · ΔE 20.1 Brown · ΔE 22 Tomato · ΔE 22.9 Maroon · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C4AA

Analogous#C4007C, #C44800

Triadic#1AC400, #001AC4

Split complementary#00C448, #007CC4

Tetradic#7CC400, #00C4AA, #4800C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF91A0

Lighter +30%#FF5E73

Lighter +20%#FF2B47

Lighter +10%#F70021

Darker −10%#910013

Darker −20%#5E000C

Darker −30%#2B0006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C4001A

Less saturated −25%#AC182C

Channel breakdown

R196

B26

Red196 (76.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue352.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 00 · B 1A

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