Recognised as Colour

#CB0236

#CB0236
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CB0236 is a red with RGB values 203, 2, 54 and HSL 344°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#CB0236#CB0236

HEX#CB0236

RGBrgb(203, 2, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.0078, 0.2118

RGB percentages79.6%, 0.8%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(344.5, 98%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.5, 99%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 99%, 73.4%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,304,374

CSS custom property--colour: #CB0236;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1

Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#34FDC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#524C36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F722Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E00020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 14.4 Brown · ΔE 19.4 Dark red · ΔE 24.8 Tomato · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02CB97

Analogous#CB029B, #CB3302

Triadic#36CB02, #0236CB

Split complementary#02CB33, #029ACB

Tetradic#9BCB02, #02CB97, #3202CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE9BB5

Lighter +30%#FE688F

Lighter +20%#FD3669

Lighter +10%#FD0344

Darker −10%#980229

Darker −20%#66011B

Darker −30%#33010E

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#CD0035

Less saturated −25%#B11C42

Channel breakdown

R203

B54

Red203 (79.6%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue344.48°

Saturation (HSL)98.05%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G 02 · B 36

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