Recognised as Colour

#CA0034

#CA0034
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CA0034 is a red with RGB values 202, 0, 52 and HSL 345°, 100%, 40%. 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

#CA0034#CA0034

HEX#CA0034

RGBrgb(202, 0, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0, 0.2039

RGB percentages79.2%, 0%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(344.6, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.6, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 74.3%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,238,324

CSS custom property--colour: #CA0034;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#35FFCB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514B34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E722Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DF001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 13.9 Brown · ΔE 19.3 Dark red · ΔE 24.2 Tomato · ΔE 26.5 Maroon · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CA96

Analogous#CA0099, #CA3100

Triadic#34CA00, #0034CA

Split complementary#00CA31, #0099CA

Tetradic#99CA00, #00CA96, #3100CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF97B2

Lighter +30%#FF648C

Lighter +20%#FF3166

Lighter +10%#FD0041

Darker −10%#970027

Darker −20%#64001A

Darker −30%#31000D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA0034

Less saturated −25%#B11940

Channel breakdown

R202

B52

Red202 (79.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue344.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 00 · B 34

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