Recognised as Colour

#CA003B

#CA003B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CA003B is a red with RGB values 202, 0, 59 and HSL 342°, 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

#CA003B#CA003B

HEX#CA003B

RGBrgb(202, 0, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0, 0.2314

RGB percentages79.2%, 0%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(342.5, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.8%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,238,331

CSS custom property--colour: #CA003B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#35FFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504C3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7235no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Tritanopia#DE0022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.6 Firebrick · ΔE 16.3 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Dark red · ΔE 26.3 Indian red · ΔE 26.7 Maroon · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CA8F

Analogous#CA00A0, #CA2A00

Triadic#3BCA00, #003BCA

Split complementary#00CA2A, #00A0CA

Tetradic#A0CA00, #00CA8F, #2A00CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF97B5

Lighter +30%#FF6491

Lighter +20%#FF316D

Lighter +10%#FD004A

Darker −10%#97002C

Darker −20%#64001D

Darker −30%#31000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA003B

Less saturated −25%#B11945

Channel breakdown

R202

B59

Red202 (79.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue342.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 00 · B 3B

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Colour values

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