Recognised as Colour

#CC002B

#CC002B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CC002B is a red with RGB values 204, 0, 43 and HSL 347°, 100%, 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

#CC002B#CC002B

HEX#CC002B

RGBrgb(204, 0, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0, 0.1686

RGB percentages80%, 0%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(347.4, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.4, 100%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 78.9%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,369,387

CSS custom property--colour: #CC002B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13012WCAG 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#2E2E2E

Inverted#33FFD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534C2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#807322no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E1001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 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 6.6 Firebrick · ΔE 13 Brown · ΔE 20.8 Dark red · ΔE 23 Tomato · ΔE 23.7 Maroon · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CCA1

Analogous#CC0091, #CC3B00

Triadic#2BCC00, #002BCC

Split complementary#00CC3B, #0091CC

Tetradic#91CC00, #00CCA1, #3B00CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF99AE

Lighter +30%#FF6686

Lighter +20%#FF335E

Lighter +10%#FF0036

Darker −10%#990020

Darker −20%#660015

Darker −30%#33000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC002B

Less saturated −25%#B3193A

Channel breakdown

R204

B43

Red204 (80%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue347.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G 00 · B 2B

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