Colour

#C8002F

#C8002F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C8002F is a red with RGB values 200, 0, 47 and HSL 346°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#C8002F#C8002F

HEX#C8002F

RGBrgb(200, 0, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0, 0.1843

RGB percentages78.4%, 0%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(345.9, 100%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.9, 100%, 78.4%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,107,247

CSS custom property--colour: #C8002F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.01:1

Contrast with white6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#37FFD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514A2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7027no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DD001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.1 Firebrick · ΔE 12.4 Brown · ΔE 18.8 Dark red · ΔE 22.7 Tomato · ΔE 25.4 Maroon · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C899

Analogous#C80093, #C83500

Triadic#2FC800, #002FC8

Split complementary#00C835, #0093C8

Tetradic#93C800, #00C899, #3500C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF95AE

Lighter +30%#FF6287

Lighter +20%#FF2F60

Lighter +10%#FB003B

Darker −10%#950023

Darker −20%#620017

Darker −30%#2F000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C8002F

Less saturated −25%#AF193C

Channel breakdown

R200

B47

Red200 (78.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue345.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C8 · G 00 · B 2F

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Colour values

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