Recognised as Colour

#C70B01

#C70B01
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C70B01 is a red with RGB values 199, 11, 1 and HSL 3°, 99%, 39%. 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

#C70B01#C70B01

HEX#C70B01

RGBrgb(199, 11, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0431, 0.0039

RGB percentages78%, 4.3%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(3, 99%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3, 99.5%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 94.5%, 99.5%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,044,481

CSS custom property--colour: #C70B01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1

Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#38F4FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7000no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DC0010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 20.4 Orange red · ΔE 20.8 Red · ΔE 22 Crimson · ΔE 23.2 Tomato · ΔE 23.6 Dark red · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 20.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01BDC7

Analogous#C7015A, #C76E01

Triadic#01C70B, #0B01C7

Split complementary#01C76E, #015AC7

Tetradic#5AC701, #01BDC7, #6E01C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE9B96

Lighter +30%#FE6B63

Lighter +20%#FE3A30

Lighter +10%#FA0E01

Darker −10%#940801

Darker −20%#620500

Darker −30%#2F0300

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C80A00

Less saturated −25%#AE211A

Channel breakdown

R199

G11

Red199 (78%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue3.03°

Saturation (HSL)99%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 0B · B 01

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Colour values

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