Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#C73A68

  • #C73A68
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#C73A68 is a red with RGB values 199, 58, 104 and HSL 340°, 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 Pale violetred.

Colour values

#C73A68#C73A68
HEX#C73A68
RGBrgb(199, 58, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.2275, 0.4078
RGB percentages78%, 22.7%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(340.4, 55.7%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.4, 70.9%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 70.9%, 47.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,056,616
CSS custom property--colour: #C73A68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#38C597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5E69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#807A65no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D8214Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 19.6Indian red · ΔE 21.9Medium violet red · ΔE 24.9Hot pink · ΔE 25.5Brown · ΔE 27.6Light coral · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 19.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3AC799
Analogous#C73AAF, #C7523A
Triadic#68C73A, #3A68C7
Split complementary#3AC752, #3AAFC7
Tetradic#AFC73A, #3AC799, #523AC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4D9E2
Lighter +30%#E9B1C3
Lighter +20%#DE89A5
Lighter +10%#D26286
Darker −10%#A02E53
Darker −20%#79223E
Darker −30%#51172A
Darker −40%#290C15
More saturated +25%#E71A5D
Less saturated −25%#A75A73

Channel breakdown

R199
G58
B104
Red199 (78%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue340.43°
Saturation (HSL)55.73%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G 3A · B 68

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “c73a68” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.