Colour

#CA301C

#CA301C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#CA301C is a red with RGB values 202, 48, 28 and HSL 7°, 76%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#CA301C#CA301C

HEX#CA301C

RGBrgb(202, 48, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.1882, 0.1098

RGB percentages79.2%, 18.8%, 11%

HSLhsl(6.9, 75.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.9, 86.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK0%, 76.2%, 86.1%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,250,588

CSS custom property--colour: #CA301C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#35CFE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615617no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#867711no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DF002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.5 Tomato · ΔE 17 Crimson · ΔE 19 Dark red · ΔE 20.1 Brown · ΔE 21.3 Maroon · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1CB6CA

Analogous#CA1C5F, #CA871C

Triadic#1CCA30, #301CCA

Split complementary#1CCA87, #1C5FCA

Tetradic#5FCA1C, #1CB6CA, #871CCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6C3BC

Lighter +30%#F09B8F

Lighter +20%#E97263

Lighter +10%#E34A36

Darker −10%#9D2516

Darker −20%#701B10

Darker −30%#441009

Darker −40%#170503

More saturated +25%#E61A00

Less saturated −25%#AD4639

Channel breakdown

R202

G48

B28

Red202 (79.2%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue6.9°

Saturation (HSL)75.65%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CA · G 30 · B 1C

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