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Recognised as Colour

#C9285D

  • #C9285D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#C9285D is a red with RGB values 201, 40, 93 and HSL 340°, 67%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#C9285D#C9285D
HEX#C9285D
RGBrgb(201, 40, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.1569, 0.3647
RGB percentages78.8%, 15.7%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(340.2, 66.8%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.2, 80.1%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 80.1%, 53.7%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,183,069
CSS custom property--colour: #C9285D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#36D7A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#54575Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E7759no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DC0040no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 23.9Crimson · ΔE 24.4Pale violetred · ΔE 25.9Brown · ΔE 25.9Medium violet red · ΔE 26.4Deep pink · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 23.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28C994
Analogous#C928AE, #C94428
Triadic#5DC928, #285DC9
Split complementary#28C944, #28AEC9
Tetradic#ADC928, #28C994, #4328C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4C9D7
Lighter +30%#EC9EB8
Lighter +20%#E37498
Lighter +10%#DB4979
Darker −10%#9E2049
Darker −20%#741736
Darker −30%#490F22
Darker −40%#1F060E
More saturated +25%#E70A53
Less saturated −25%#AB4667

Channel breakdown

R201
G40
B93
Red201 (78.8%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue340.25°
Saturation (HSL)66.8%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 28 · B 5D

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