Recognised as Colour

#CB093C

#CB093C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CB093C is a red with RGB values 203, 9, 60 and HSL 344°, 92%, 42%. 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

#CB093C#CB093C

HEX#CB093C

RGBrgb(203, 9, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.0353, 0.2353

RGB percentages79.6%, 3.5%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(344.2, 91.5%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.2, 95.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 95.6%, 70.4%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,306,172

CSS custom property--colour: #CB093C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1

Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#34F6C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#524D3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7336no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DF0025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.4 Firebrick · ΔE 15.9 Brown · ΔE 19.2 Indian red · ΔE 26 Dark red · ΔE 26.2 Maroon · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09CB98

Analogous#CB099D, #CB3709

Triadic#3CCB09, #093CCB

Split complementary#09CB37, #099DCB

Tetradic#9DCB09, #09CB98, #3709CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBA5BC

Lighter +30%#F97497

Lighter +20%#F74372

Lighter +10%#F5124E

Darker −10%#9A072E

Darker −20%#69051F

Darker −30%#380311

Darker −40%#080002

More saturated +25%#D40038

Less saturated −25%#B12449

Channel breakdown

R203

B60

Red203 (79.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue344.23°

Saturation (HSL)91.51%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G 09 · B 3C

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