Colour

#C6142C

#C6142C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C6142C is a red with RGB values 198, 20, 44 and HSL 352°, 82%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#C6142C#C6142C

HEX#C6142C

RGBrgb(198, 20, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.0784, 0.1725

RGB percentages77.6%, 7.8%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(351.9, 81.7%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.9, 89.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 89.9%, 77.8%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,981,292

CSS custom property--colour: #C6142C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1

Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#39EBD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544C2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7124no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DA0021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 8.3 Firebrick · ΔE 9.4 Brown · ΔE 16.9 Dark red · ΔE 20.3 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Maroon · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14C6AE

Analogous#C61485, #C65514

Triadic#2CC614, #142CC6

Split complementary#14C655, #1485C6

Tetradic#85C614, #14C6AE, #5514C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7AFB9

Lighter +30%#F28190

Lighter +20%#EE5267

Lighter +10%#E9243F

Darker −10%#980F22

Darker −20%#690B17

Darker −30%#3B060D

Darker −40%#0D0103

More saturated +25%#DA001D

Less saturated −25%#AB2F40

Channel breakdown

R198

G20

B44

Red198 (77.6%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue351.91°

Saturation (HSL)81.65%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 14 · B 2C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#C6142C

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else