Recognised as Colour

#CA202D

#CA202D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#CA202D is a red with RGB values 202, 32, 45 and HSL 355°, 73%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#CA202D#CA202D

HEX#CA202D

RGBrgb(202, 32, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.1255, 0.1765

RGB percentages79.2%, 12.5%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(355.4, 72.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.4, 84.2%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.2%, 77.7%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,246,509

CSS custom property--colour: #CA202D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1

Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#35DFD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59512Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#827526no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DF0028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9 Crimson · ΔE 9.1 Brown · ΔE 17 Dark red · ΔE 20.5 Tomato · ΔE 21 Maroon · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20CABD

Analogous#CA2082, #CA6820

Triadic#2DCA20, #202DCA

Split complementary#20CA68, #2082CA

Tetradic#82CA20, #20CABD, #6820CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5C1C5

Lighter +30%#EE959C

Lighter +20%#E76972

Lighter +10%#E03D49

Darker −10%#9E1923

Darker −20%#721219

Darker −30%#460B10

Darker −40%#1A0406

More saturated +25%#E70314

Less saturated −25%#AD3D46

Channel breakdown

R202

G32

B45

Red202 (79.2%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue355.41°

Saturation (HSL)72.65%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 20 · B 2D

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