Colour

#C74B5C

#C74B5C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#C74B5C is a red with RGB values 199, 75, 92 and HSL 352°, 53%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#C74B5C

RGBrgb(199, 75, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.2941, 0.3608

RGB percentages78%, 29.4%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(351.8, 52.5%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 62.3%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 62.3%, 53.8%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,060,956

CSS custom property--colour: #C74B5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.59:1

Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#38B4A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#68655Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#887F59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D93652no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8.9 Brown · ΔE 18.3 Light coral · ΔE 18.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.3 Salmon · ΔE 22.4 Firebrick · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4BC7B6

Analogous#C74B9A, #C7784B

Triadic#5CC74B, #4B5CC7

Split complementary#4BC778, #4B9AC7

Tetradic#9AC74B, #4BC7B6, #784BC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E7E9

Lighter +30%#EBC0C6

Lighter +20%#DF99A2

Lighter +10%#D3727F

Darker −10%#AA3545

Darker −20%#832935

Darker −30%#5C1D25

Darker −40%#351116

More saturated +25%#E42D47

Less saturated −25%#A96971

Channel breakdown

R199

G75

B92

Red199 (78%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue351.77°

Saturation (HSL)52.54%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 4B · B 5C

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