Colour

#C73860

#C73860
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C73860 is a red with RGB values 199, 56, 96 and HSL 343°, 56%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#C73860

RGBrgb(199, 56, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.2196, 0.3765

RGB percentages78%, 22%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(343.2, 56.1%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.2, 71.9%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 71.9%, 51.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,056,096

CSS custom property--colour: #C73860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#38C79F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5C61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#80795Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D91848no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 19.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.5 Brown · ΔE 23.8 Crimson · ΔE 26.2 Light coral · ΔE 26.6 Firebrick · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 19.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38C79F

Analogous#C738A8, #C75738

Triadic#60C738, #3860C7

Split complementary#38C757, #38A8C7

Tetradic#A8C738, #38C79F, #5738C7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4D7DF

Lighter +30%#E9AFBF

Lighter +20%#DD88A0

Lighter +10%#D26080

Darker −10%#9F2D4D

Darker −20%#77223A

Darker −30%#501626

Darker −40%#280B13

More saturated +25%#E71852

Less saturated −25%#A7586E

Channel breakdown

R199

G56

B96

Red199 (78%)

Green56 (22%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue343.22°

Saturation (HSL)56.08%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 38 · B 60

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