Recognised as Colour

#CA0035

#CA0035
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CA0035 is a red with RGB values 202, 0, 53 and HSL 344°, 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

#CA0035#CA0035

HEX#CA0035

RGBrgb(202, 0, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0, 0.2078

RGB percentages79.2%, 0%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(344.3, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73.8%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,238,325

CSS custom property--colour: #CA0035;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1

Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#35FFCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514B35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E722Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DF001Fno 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 text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.6 Firebrick · ΔE 14.2 Brown · ΔE 19.3 Dark red · ΔE 24.5 Tomato · ΔE 26.8 Maroon · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CA95

Analogous#CA009A, #CA3000

Triadic#35CA00, #0035CA

Split complementary#00CA30, #009ACA

Tetradic#9ACA00, #00CA95, #3000CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF97B2

Lighter +30%#FF648D

Lighter +20%#FF3167

Lighter +10%#FD0042

Darker −10%#970028

Darker −20%#64001A

Darker −30%#31000D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA0035

Less saturated −25%#B11941

Channel breakdown

R202

B53

Red202 (79.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue344.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 00 · B 35

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