Recognised as Colour

#C61E54

#C61E54
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C61E54 is a red with RGB values 198, 30, 84 and HSL 341°, 74%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#C61E54

RGBrgb(198, 30, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.1176, 0.3294

RGB percentages77.6%, 11.8%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(340.7, 73.7%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.7, 84.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 84.8%, 57.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,983,892

CSS custom property--colour: #C61E54;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1

Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#39E1AB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#515255no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7350no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D90037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 23.6 Indian red · ΔE 23.9 Firebrick · ΔE 26.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 21.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1EC690

Analogous#C61EA8, #C63C1E

Triadic#54C61E, #1E54C6

Split complementary#1EC63C, #1EA8C6

Tetradic#A8C61E, #1EC690, #3C1EC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5BBCE

Lighter +30%#EE8FAE

Lighter +20%#E7638D

Lighter +10%#E1366D

Darker −10%#9A1741

Darker −20%#6D112E

Darker −30%#410A1C

Darker −40%#150309

More saturated +25%#E3024A

Less saturated −25%#AA3B5E

Channel breakdown

R198

G30

B84

Red198 (77.6%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue340.71°

Saturation (HSL)73.68%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 1E · B 54

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