Recognised as Colour

#CA003E

#CA003E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CA003E is a red with RGB values 202, 0, 62 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

#CA003E#CA003E

HEX#CA003E

RGBrgb(202, 0, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0, 0.2431

RGB percentages79.2%, 0%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(341.6, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.6, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 69.3%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,238,334

CSS custom property--colour: #CA003E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12904WCAG 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 5.86:1

Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#35FFC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504C3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7238no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DE0024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 8.9 Firebrick · ΔE 17.5 Brown · ΔE 20.1 Indian red · ΔE 26.4 Dark red · ΔE 27.4 Maroon · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CA8C

Analogous#CA00A3, #CA2700

Triadic#3ECA00, #003ECA

Split complementary#00CA27, #00A3CA

Tetradic#A3CA00, #00CA8C, #2700CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF97B7

Lighter +30%#FF6494

Lighter +20%#FF3170

Lighter +10%#FD004E

Darker −10%#97002E

Darker −20%#64001F

Darker −30%#31000F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA003E

Less saturated −25%#B11948

Channel breakdown

R202

B62

Red202 (79.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue341.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 00 · B 3E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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