Colour

#C90030

#C90030
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C90030 is a red with RGB values 201, 0, 48 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

#C90030#C90030

HEX#C90030

RGBrgb(201, 0, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0, 0.1882

RGB percentages78.8%, 0%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(345.7, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.7, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.1%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,172,784

CSS custom property--colour: #C90030;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#36FFCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514B2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7129no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DE001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.8 Firebrick · ΔE 12.8 Brown · ΔE 19.1 Dark red · ΔE 23.1 Tomato · ΔE 25.5 Maroon · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C999

Analogous#C90095, #C93400

Triadic#30C900, #0030C9

Split complementary#00C934, #0095C9

Tetradic#95C900, #00C999, #3400C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF96AF

Lighter +30%#FF6388

Lighter +20%#FF3061

Lighter +10%#FC003C

Darker −10%#960024

Darker −20%#630018

Darker −30%#30000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C90030

Less saturated −25%#B0193D

Channel breakdown

R201

B48

Red201 (78.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue345.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 00 · B 30

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