Recognised as Colour

#C62E69

#C62E69
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#C62E69 is a red with RGB values 198, 46, 105 and HSL 337°, 62%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#C62E69

RGBrgb(198, 46, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.1804, 0.4118

RGB percentages77.6%, 18%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(336.7, 62.3%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.7, 76.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 76.8%, 47%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,988,009

CSS custom property--colour: #C62E69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1

Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#39D196

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#53596Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7765no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D70748no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 20.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.7 Hot pink · ΔE 24.3 Deep pink · ΔE 26.1 Indian red · ΔE 26.9 Brown · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 20.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2EC68B

Analogous#C62EB5, #C63F2E

Triadic#69C62E, #2E69C6

Split complementary#2EC63F, #2EB5C6

Tetradic#B5C62E, #2EC68B, #3F2EC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3CDDC

Lighter +30%#EAA3BF

Lighter +20%#E07AA2

Lighter +10%#D65185

Darker −10%#9D2453

Darker −20%#731B3D

Darker −30%#4A1127

Darker −40%#200811

More saturated +25%#E41062

Less saturated −25%#A84D70

Channel breakdown

R198

G46

B105

Red198 (77.6%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue336.71°

Saturation (HSL)62.3%

Lightness47.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 2E · B 69

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