Colour

#CC003B

#CC003B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CC003B is a red with RGB values 204, 0, 59 and HSL 343°, 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

#CC003B#CC003B

HEX#CC003B

RGBrgb(204, 0, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0, 0.2314

RGB percentages80%, 0%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(342.6, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.6, 100%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 71.1%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,369,403

CSS custom property--colour: #CC003B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#33FFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514D3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7335no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E10022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.7 Firebrick · ΔE 16.4 Brown · ΔE 20.2 Dark red · ΔE 26.6 Indian red · ΔE 27.1 Tomato · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CC91

Analogous#CC00A1, #CC2B00

Triadic#3BCC00, #003BCC

Split complementary#00CC2B, #00A1CC

Tetradic#A1CC00, #00CC91, #2B00CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF99B7

Lighter +30%#FF6692

Lighter +20%#FF336E

Lighter +10%#FF004A

Darker −10%#99002C

Darker −20%#66001E

Darker −30%#33000F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC003B

Less saturated −25%#B31946

Channel breakdown

R204

B59

Red204 (80%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue342.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G 00 · B 3B

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