Colour

#C71E00

#C71E00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#C71E00 is a red with RGB values 199, 30, 0 and HSL 9°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#C71E00

RGBrgb(199, 30, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.1176, 0

RGB percentages78%, 11.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(9, 100%, 39%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9, 100%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 84.9%, 100%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,049,344

CSS custom property--colour: #C71E00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13071WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1

Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#38E1FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#817200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DC001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 20.1 Orange red · ΔE 20.2 Tomato · ΔE 22.2 Red · ΔE 23.3 Dark red · ΔE 23.9 Crimson · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 20.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00A9C7

Analogous#C70046, #C78100

Triadic#00C71E, #1E00C7

Split complementary#00C782, #0045C7

Tetradic#46C700, #00A9C7, #8100C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA494

Lighter +30%#FF7961

Lighter +20%#FF4E2E

Lighter +10%#FA2600

Darker −10%#941600

Darker −20%#610F00

Darker −30%#2E0700

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C71E00

Less saturated −25%#AE2F19

Channel breakdown

R199

G30

Red199 (78%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue9.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 1E · B 00

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