Colour

#C7094E

#C7094E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C7094E is a red with RGB values 199, 9, 78 and HSL 338°, 91%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#C7094E

RGBrgb(199, 9, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0353, 0.3059

RGB percentages78%, 3.5%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(338.2, 91.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.2, 95.5%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 95.5%, 60.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,044,046

CSS custom property--colour: #C7094E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#38F6B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4D4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A7149no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DA002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 18.4 Brown · ΔE 23.9 Firebrick · ΔE 25 Indian red · ΔE 26.2 Deep pink · ΔE 30.4 Medium violet red · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 18.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09C782

Analogous#C709AD, #C72309

Triadic#4EC709, #094EC7

Split complementary#09C723, #09ADC7

Tetradic#ADC709, #09C782, #2309C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBA1C2

Lighter +30%#F970A2

Lighter +20%#F64082

Lighter +10%#F40F62

Darker −10%#96073B

Darker −20%#650528

Darker −30%#350215

Darker −40%#040001

More saturated +25%#D0004C

Less saturated −25%#AD2355

Channel breakdown

R199

B78

Red199 (78%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue338.21°

Saturation (HSL)91.35%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 09 · B 4E

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