Recognised as Colour

#C73D60

#C73D60
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C73D60 is a red with RGB values 199, 61, 96 and HSL 345°, 55%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#C73D60#C73D60

HEX#C73D60

RGBrgb(199, 61, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.2392, 0.3765

RGB percentages78%, 23.9%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(344.8, 55.2%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.8, 69.3%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 69.3%, 51.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,057,376

CSS custom property--colour: #C73D60;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1

Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#38C29F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5F61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#827B5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D9224Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 17.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.5 Brown · ΔE 22.7 Light coral · ΔE 24.8 Crimson · ΔE 26.3 Firebrick · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 17.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3DC7A4

Analogous#C73DA5, #C75F3D

Triadic#60C73D, #3D60C7

Split complementary#3DC75F, #3DA5C7

Tetradic#A5C73D, #3DC7A4, #5F3DC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5DBE2

Lighter +30%#E9B4C1

Lighter +20%#DE8CA1

Lighter +10%#D26580

Darker −10%#A22F4C

Darker −20%#7B233A

Darker −30%#531827

Darker −40%#2B0D14

More saturated +25%#E61E51

Less saturated −25%#A85C6F

Channel breakdown

R199

G61

B96

Red199 (78%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue344.78°

Saturation (HSL)55.2%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 3D · B 60

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