Recognised as Colour

#C7053E

#C7053E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C7053E is a red with RGB values 199, 5, 62 and HSL 342°, 95%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#C7053E

RGBrgb(199, 5, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0196, 0.2431

RGB percentages78%, 2%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(342.4, 95.1%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 97.5%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 97.5%, 68.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,043,006

CSS custom property--colour: #C7053E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.97:1

Contrast with white5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#38FAC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F4C3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C7038no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DB0025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.1 Firebrick · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 19 Indian red · ΔE 25.5 Dark red · ΔE 26.8 Maroon · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05C78E

Analogous#C7059F, #C72D05

Triadic#3EC705, #053EC7

Split complementary#05C72D, #059FC7

Tetradic#9FC705, #05C78E, #2D05C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC9CB8

Lighter +30%#FB6A94

Lighter +20%#FA3871

Lighter +10%#F9064D

Darker −10%#95042E

Darker −20%#64031F

Darker −30%#32010F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC003C

Less saturated −25%#AE1F49

Channel breakdown

R199

B62

Red199 (78%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue342.37°

Saturation (HSL)95.1%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 05 · B 3E

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