Recognised as Colour

#C41A1C

#C41A1C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C41A1C is a red with RGB values 196, 26, 28 and HSL 359°, 77%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#C41A1C#C41A1C

HEX#C41A1C

RGBrgb(196, 26, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.102, 0.1098

RGB percentages76.9%, 10.2%, 11%

HSLhsl(359.3, 76.6%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.3, 86.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 86.7%, 85.7%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,851,740

CSS custom property--colour: #C41A1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#3BE5E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564C19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7010no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D8001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.4 Crimson · ΔE 14.8 Dark red · ΔE 18.6 Brown · ΔE 19.9 Tomato · ΔE 20.7 Maroon · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1AC4C2

Analogous#C41A71, #C46D1A

Triadic#1CC41A, #1A1CC4

Split complementary#1AC46D, #1A71C4

Tetradic#71C41A, #1AC4C2, #6D1AC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5B5B6

Lighter +30%#EF8889

Lighter +20%#E95B5C

Lighter +10%#E32E30

Darker −10%#971416

Darker −20%#6A0E0F

Darker −30%#3D0809

Darker −40%#100202

More saturated +25%#DE0003

Less saturated −25%#A83637

Channel breakdown

R196

G26

B28

Red196 (76.9%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue359.29°

Saturation (HSL)76.58%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 1A · B 1C

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