Colour

#C7162C

#C7162C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C7162C is a red with RGB values 199, 22, 44 and HSL 353°, 80%, 43%. 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#C7162C

RGBrgb(199, 22, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.0863, 0.1725

RGB percentages78%, 8.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(352.5, 80.1%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.5, 88.9%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 88.9%, 77.9%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,047,340

CSS custom property--colour: #C7162C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.1 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#3D3D3D

Inverted#38E9D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554D2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7124no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69 from the original

Tritanopia#DB0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 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 8.3 Firebrick · ΔE 9.5 Brown · ΔE 17.1 Dark red · ΔE 20.4 Tomato · ΔE 22.8 Maroon · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16C7B1

Analogous#C71684, #C75916

Triadic#2CC716, #162CC7

Split complementary#16C759, #1684C7

Tetradic#84C716, #16C7B1, #5916C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7B2BB

Lighter +30%#F18592

Lighter +20%#EC5769

Lighter +10%#E72940

Darker −10%#991122

Darker −20%#6B0C18

Darker −30%#3D070E

Darker −40%#0F0203

More saturated +25%#DD001B

Less saturated −25%#AB3241

Channel breakdown

R199

G22

B44

Red199 (78%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue352.54°

Saturation (HSL)80.09%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 16 · B 2C

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