Colour

#C60B36

#C60B36
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C60B36 is a red with RGB values 198, 11, 54 and HSL 346°, 89%, 41%. 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

#C60B36#C60B36

HEX#C60B36

RGBrgb(198, 11, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.0431, 0.2118

RGB percentages77.6%, 4.3%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(346.2, 89.5%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.2, 94.4%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 94.4%, 72.7%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,978,998

CSS custom property--colour: #C60B36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6:1

Contrast with white6:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#39F4C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514B36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C7030no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DA0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.6 Firebrick · ΔE 13.1 Brown · ΔE 17.2 Dark red · ΔE 23.5 Indian red · ΔE 25.6 Maroon · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0BC69B

Analogous#C60B93, #C63D0B

Triadic#36C60B, #0B36C6

Split complementary#0BC63D, #0B93C6

Tetradic#94C60B, #0BC69B, #3E0BC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAA3B7

Lighter +30%#F77391

Lighter +20%#F5426B

Lighter +10%#F21246

Darker −10%#960829

Darker −20%#65061C

Darker −30%#35030E

Darker −40%#050001

More saturated +25%#D10030

Less saturated −25%#AC2544

Channel breakdown

R198

G11

B54

Red198 (77.6%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue346.2°

Saturation (HSL)89.47%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 0B · B 36

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