Recognised as Colour

#C72C4E

#C72C4E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C72C4E is a red with RGB values 199, 44, 78 and HSL 347°, 64%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#C72C4E

RGBrgb(199, 44, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.1725, 0.3059

RGB percentages78%, 17.3%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(346.8, 63.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.8, 77.9%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 77.9%, 60.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,053,006

CSS custom property--colour: #C72C4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.39:1

Contrast with white5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#38D3B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#58564Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#80764Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DA003Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 17.6 Brown · ΔE 17.8 Indian red · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 20.1 Light coral · ΔE 28.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 17.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CC7A5

Analogous#C72C9C, #C7572C

Triadic#4EC72C, #2C4EC7

Split complementary#2CC757, #2C9CC7

Tetradic#9CC72C, #2CC7A5, #572CC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4CBD4

Lighter +30%#EAA2B2

Lighter +20%#E1788F

Lighter +10%#D84E6C

Darker −10%#9D233E

Darker −20%#731A2D

Darker −30%#4A101D

Darker −40%#20070D

More saturated +25%#E50E3D

Less saturated −25%#A94A5F

Channel breakdown

R199

G44

B78

Red199 (78%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue346.84°

Saturation (HSL)63.79%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 2C · B 4E

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