Recognised as Colour

#CC004E

#CC004E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CC004E is a red with RGB values 204, 0, 78 and HSL 337°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#CC004E#CC004E

HEX#CC004E

RGBrgb(204, 0, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0, 0.3059

RGB percentages80%, 0%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(337.1, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.1, 100%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 61.8%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,369,422

CSS custom property--colour: #CC004E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1

Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#33FFB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4E4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7349no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E0002Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 25 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2 Indian red · ΔE 27.5 Deep pink · ΔE 29.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CC7E

Analogous#CC00B4, #CC1800

Triadic#4ECC00, #004ECC

Split complementary#00CC18, #00B4CC

Tetradic#B4CC00, #00CC7E, #1800CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF99C0

Lighter +30%#FF66A1

Lighter +20%#FF3381

Lighter +10%#FF0062

Darker −10%#99003B

Darker −20%#660027

Darker −30%#330014

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC004E

Less saturated −25%#B31954

Channel breakdown

R204

B78

Red204 (80%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue337.06°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G 00 · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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