Recognised as Colour

#C53E52

#C53E52
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C53E52 is a red with RGB values 197, 62, 82 and HSL 351°, 54%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#C53E52

RGBrgb(197, 62, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.2431, 0.3216

RGB percentages77.3%, 24.3%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(351.1, 53.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.1, 68.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 68.5%, 58.4%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,926,546

CSS custom property--colour: #C53E52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#3AC1AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615D52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Deuteranopia#83794Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D71F46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.2 Brown · ΔE 15.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.1 Crimson · ΔE 21.7 Light coral · ΔE 22.6 Salmon · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3EC5B1

Analogous#C53E96, #C56D3E

Triadic#52C53E, #3E52C5

Split complementary#3EC56D, #3E96C5

Tetradic#96C53E, #3EC5B1, #6D3EC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4DBDF

Lighter +30%#E8B4BB

Lighter +20%#DD8C98

Lighter +10%#D16575

Darker −10%#A03041

Darker −20%#792431

Darker −30%#521821

Darker −40%#2A0D11

More saturated +25%#E41F3C

Less saturated −25%#A65D68

Channel breakdown

R197

G62

B82

Red197 (77.3%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue351.11°

Saturation (HSL)53.78%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 3E · B 52

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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