Recognised as Colour

#CA003D

#CA003D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CA003D is a red with RGB values 202, 0, 61 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

#CA003D#CA003D

HEX#CA003D

RGBrgb(202, 0, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0, 0.2392

RGB percentages79.2%, 0%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(341.9, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.9, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 69.8%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,238,333

CSS custom property--colour: #CA003D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.87:1

Contrast with white5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#35FFC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504C3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DE0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 8.5 Firebrick · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 19.9 Indian red · ΔE 26.5 Dark red · ΔE 27 Maroon · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CA8D

Analogous#CA00A2, #CA2800

Triadic#3DCA00, #003DCA

Split complementary#00CA28, #00A2CA

Tetradic#A2CA00, #00CA8D, #2800CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF97B6

Lighter +30%#FF6493

Lighter +20%#FF316F

Lighter +10%#FD004C

Darker −10%#97002E

Darker −20%#64001E

Darker −30%#31000F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA003D

Less saturated −25%#B11947

Channel breakdown

R202

B61

Red202 (79.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue341.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 00 · B 3D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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