Recognised as Colour

#C4341A

#C4341A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C4341A is a red with RGB values 196, 52, 26 and HSL 9°, 77%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#C4341A

RGBrgb(196, 52, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.2039, 0.102

RGB percentages76.9%, 20.4%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(9.2, 76.6%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.2, 86.7%, 76.9%)

CMYK0%, 73.5%, 86.7%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,858,394

CSS custom property--colour: #C4341A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#3BCBE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#605514no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#84750Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D80030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 11.7 Tomato · ΔE 17.8 Dark red · ΔE 18.4 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Crimson · ΔE 21.2 Maroon · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1AAAC4

Analogous#C41A55, #C4891A

Triadic#1AC434, #341AC4

Split complementary#1AC489, #1A55C4

Tetradic#55C41A, #1AAAC4, #891AC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5BFB5

Lighter +30%#EF9888

Lighter +20%#E9715B

Lighter +10%#E34A2E

Darker −10%#972814

Darker −20%#6A1C0E

Darker −30%#3D1008

Darker −40%#100402

More saturated +25%#DE2200

Less saturated −25%#A84736

Channel breakdown

R196

G52

B26

Red196 (76.9%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue9.18°

Saturation (HSL)76.58%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C4 · G 34 · B 1A

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