Recognised as Colour

#C41B1D

#C41B1D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C41B1D is a red with RGB values 196, 27, 29 and HSL 359°, 76%, 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

#C41B1D#C41B1D

HEX#C41B1D

RGBrgb(196, 27, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.1059, 0.1137

RGB percentages76.9%, 10.6%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(359.3, 75.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.3, 86.2%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 86.2%, 85.2%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,851,997

CSS custom property--colour: #C41B1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#3BE4E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564C1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7012no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D8001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10 Crimson · ΔE 14.6 Dark red · ΔE 18.5 Brown · ΔE 19.5 Tomato · ΔE 20.7 Maroon · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1BC4C2

Analogous#C41B71, #C46E1B

Triadic#1DC41B, #1B1DC4

Split complementary#1BC46E, #1B71C4

Tetradic#71C41B, #1BC4C2, #6E1BC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5B6B7

Lighter +30%#EF898A

Lighter +20%#E95C5E

Lighter +10%#E23032

Darker −10%#971516

Darker −20%#6A0F10

Darker −30%#3E0809

Darker −40%#110202

More saturated +25%#DF0003

Less saturated −25%#A83738

Channel breakdown

R196

G27

B29

Red196 (76.9%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue359.29°

Saturation (HSL)75.78%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 1B · B 1D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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