Recognised as Colour

#C73E51

#C73E51
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C73E51 is a red with RGB values 199, 62, 81 and HSL 352°, 55%, 51%. 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

#C73E51#C73E51

HEX#C73E51

RGBrgb(199, 62, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.2431, 0.3176

RGB percentages78%, 24.3%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(351.7, 55%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 68.8%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 68.8%, 59.3%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,057,617

CSS custom property--colour: #C73E51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.8 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 black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#38C1AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615E51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#847A4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original

Tritanopia#DA1D46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 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 text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 12.2 Brown · ΔE 15.2 Firebrick · ΔE 19.2 Crimson · ΔE 20.6 Light coral · ΔE 22.7 Salmon · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3EC7B4

Analogous#C73E96, #C7703E

Triadic#51C73E, #3E51C7

Split complementary#3EC770, #3E96C7

Tetradic#95C73E, #3EC7B4, #6F3EC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5DCE0

Lighter +30%#E9B5BC

Lighter +20%#DE8D98

Lighter +10%#D26675

Darker −10%#A32F3F

Darker −20%#7B2430

Darker −30%#541821

Darker −40%#2C0D11

More saturated +25%#E61F3B

Less saturated −25%#A85D67

Channel breakdown

R199

G62

B81

Red199 (78%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue351.68°

Saturation (HSL)55.02%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 3E · B 51

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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