Recognised as Colour

#C5054D

#C5054D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C5054D is a red with RGB values 197, 5, 77 and HSL 338°, 95%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#C5054D

RGBrgb(197, 5, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.0196, 0.302

RGB percentages77.3%, 2%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(337.5, 95%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.5, 97.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 97.5%, 60.9%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,911,949

CSS custom property--colour: #C5054D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#3AFAB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4C4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#787048no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D8002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 18.8 Brown · ΔE 23.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.1 Indian red · ΔE 26.4 Deep pink · ΔE 30.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 18.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05C57D

Analogous#C505AD, #C51D05

Triadic#4DC505, #054DC5

Split complementary#05C51D, #05ADC5

Tetradic#ADC505, #05C57D, #1D05C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC9ABF

Lighter +30%#FB689F

Lighter +20%#FA3680

Lighter +10%#F70660

Darker −10%#93043A

Darker −20%#620226

Darker −30%#300113

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA004C

Less saturated −25%#AC1E53

Channel breakdown

R197

B77

Red197 (77.3%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue337.5°

Saturation (HSL)95.05%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 05 · B 4D

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