Colour

#C70464

#C70464
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#C70464 is a red with RGB values 199, 4, 100 and HSL 330°, 96%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#C70464

RGBrgb(199, 4, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0157, 0.3922

RGB percentages78%, 1.6%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(330.5, 96.1%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330.5, 98%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 98%, 49.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,042,788

CSS custom property--colour: #C70464;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#38FB9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#474F66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#767260no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D9003Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 17.9 Deep pink · ΔE 21.3 Hot pink · ΔE 26.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.1 Crimson · ΔE 31.2 Indian red · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 17.95, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04C767

Analogous#C704C6, #C70504

Triadic#64C704, #0464C7

Split complementary#04C706, #04C6C7

Tetradic#C6C704, #04C767, #0604C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD9ACB

Lighter +30%#FC68B1

Lighter +20%#FB3697

Lighter +10%#F9057D

Darker −10%#95034B

Darker −20%#630232

Darker −30%#310119

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CB0064

Less saturated −25%#AE1D64

Channel breakdown

R199

B100

Red199 (78%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue330.46°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness39.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 04 · B 64

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