Recognised as Colour

#CB332A

#CB332A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#CB332A is a red with RGB values 203, 51, 42 and HSL 3°, 66%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#CB332A#CB332A

HEX#CB332A

RGBrgb(203, 51, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.2, 0.1647

RGB percentages79.6%, 20%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(3.4, 65.7%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.4, 79.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK0%, 74.9%, 79.3%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,316,906

CSS custom property--colour: #CB332A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1

Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#34CCD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625827no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#877923no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E00033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.4 Crimson · ΔE 14.9 Brown · ΔE 16.6 Tomato · ΔE 16.9 Dark red · ΔE 19.4 Maroon · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2AC2CB

Analogous#CB2A71, #CB832A

Triadic#2ACB33, #332ACB

Split complementary#2ACB83, #2A72CB

Tetradic#71CB2A, #2AC2CB, #832ACB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5CFCC

Lighter +30%#ECA6A2

Lighter +20%#E37E78

Lighter +10%#DA564E

Darker −10%#A12821

Darker −20%#761E19

Darker −30%#4C1310

Darker −40%#220907

More saturated +25%#EA180B

Less saturated −25%#AC4E49

Channel breakdown

R203

G51

B42

Red203 (79.6%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue3.35°

Saturation (HSL)65.71%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CB · G 33 · B 2A

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