Colour

#C55448

#C55448
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C55448 is a red with RGB values 197, 84, 72 and HSL 6°, 52%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#C55448

RGBrgb(197, 84, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.3294, 0.2824

RGB percentages77.3%, 32.9%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(5.8, 51.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.8, 63.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK0%, 57.4%, 63.5%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,932,168

CSS custom property--colour: #C55448;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1

Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#3AABB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#716946no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8145no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D73E52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8.1 Brown · ΔE 13.9 Salmon · ΔE 17 Sienna · ΔE 17.5 Firebrick · ΔE 18 Light coral · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48B9C5

Analogous#C5487A, #C59348

Triadic#48C554, #5448C5

Split complementary#48C592, #487BC5

Tetradic#7BC548, #48B9C5, #9348C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E5E3

Lighter +30%#EAC1BC

Lighter +20%#DE9C95

Lighter +10%#D1786F

Darker −10%#A63F34

Darker −20%#7F3128

Darker −30%#58221C

Darker −40%#311310

More saturated +25%#E33C2A

Less saturated −25%#A76C66

Channel breakdown

R197

G84

B72

Red197 (77.3%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue5.76°

Saturation (HSL)51.87%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C5 · G 54 · B 48

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