Colour

#C62729

#C62729
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C62729 is a red with RGB values 198, 39, 41 and HSL 359°, 67%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#C62729#C62729

HEX#C62729

RGBrgb(198, 39, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.1529, 0.1608

RGB percentages77.6%, 15.3%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(359.2, 67.1%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.2, 80.3%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 80.3%, 79.3%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,986,153

CSS custom property--colour: #C62729;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1

Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#39D8D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5127no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#817322no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DA002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.8 Crimson · ΔE 12.4 Brown · ΔE 15.5 Dark red · ΔE 18.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.9 Maroon · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27C6C4

Analogous#C62779, #C67527

Triadic#29C627, #2729C6

Split complementary#27C675, #2779C6

Tetradic#78C627, #27C6C4, #7427C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4C5C6

Lighter +30%#EB9B9C

Lighter +20%#E37072

Lighter +10%#DA4647

Darker −10%#9B1F20

Darker −20%#711617

Darker −30%#460E0F

Darker −40%#1C0506

More saturated +25%#E4090C

Less saturated −25%#A84546

Channel breakdown

R198

G39

B41

Red198 (77.6%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue359.25°

Saturation (HSL)67.09%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 27 · B 29

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