Colour

#CC003C

#CC003C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CC003C is a red with RGB values 204, 0, 60 and HSL 342°, 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

#CC003C#CC003C

HEX#CC003C

RGBrgb(204, 0, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0, 0.2353

RGB percentages80%, 0%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(342.4, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 100%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.6%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,369,404

CSS custom property--colour: #CC003C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.4 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#33FFC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514D3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7336no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E10023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 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 7.2 Firebrick · ΔE 16.7 Brown · ΔE 20.3 Dark red · ΔE 26.9 Indian red · ΔE 27 Tomato · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CC90

Analogous#CC00A2, #CC2A00

Triadic#3CCC00, #003CCC

Split complementary#00CC2A, #00A2CC

Tetradic#A2CC00, #00CC90, #2A00CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF99B7

Lighter +30%#FF6693

Lighter +20%#FF336F

Lighter +10%#FF004B

Darker −10%#99002D

Darker −20%#66001E

Darker −30%#33000F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC003C

Less saturated −25%#B31946

Channel breakdown

R204

B60

Red204 (80%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue342.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G 00 · B 3C

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