Colour

#C90034

#C90034
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#C90034 is a red with RGB values 201, 0, 52 and HSL 344°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#C90034#C90034

HEX#C90034

RGBrgb(201, 0, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0, 0.2039

RGB percentages78.8%, 0%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(344.5, 100%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.5, 100%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 74.1%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,172,788

CSS custom property--colour: #C90034;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1

Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#36FFCB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514B34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D712Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DE001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.9 Firebrick · ΔE 13.8 Brown · ΔE 18.9 Dark red · ΔE 24.1 Tomato · ΔE 26.7 Maroon · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00C995

Analogous#C90099, #C93100

Triadic#34C900, #0034C9

Split complementary#00C931, #0098C9

Tetradic#99C900, #00C995, #3000C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF96B1

Lighter +30%#FF638B

Lighter +20%#FF3066

Lighter +10%#FC0041

Darker −10%#960027

Darker −20%#63001A

Darker −30%#30000C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C90034

Less saturated −25%#B01940

Channel breakdown

R201

B52

Red201 (78.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue344.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 00 · B 34

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