Colour

#C7091A

#C7091A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C7091A is a red with RGB values 199, 9, 26 and HSL 355°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#C7091A

RGBrgb(199, 9, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0353, 0.102

RGB percentages78%, 3.5%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(354.6, 91.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.6, 95.5%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 95.5%, 86.9%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,043,994

CSS custom property--colour: #C7091A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1

Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#38F6E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544A17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E700Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original

Tritanopia#DC0015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13.3 Crimson · ΔE 14.3 Dark red · ΔE 20.8 Tomato · ΔE 21.9 Brown · ΔE 22.8 Maroon · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09C7B6

Analogous#C70979, #C75709

Triadic#1AC709, #091AC7

Split complementary#09C757, #0979C7

Tetradic#79C709, #09C7B6, #5709C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBA1A9

Lighter +30%#F9707D

Lighter +20%#F64050

Lighter +10%#F40F23

Darker −10%#960714

Darker −20%#65050D

Darker −30%#350207

Darker −40%#040000

More saturated +25%#D00013

Less saturated −25%#AD232F

Channel breakdown

R199

B26

Red199 (78%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue354.63°

Saturation (HSL)91.35%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 09 · B 1A

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