Recognised as Colour

#CC223A

#CC223A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CC223A is a red with RGB values 204, 34, 58 and HSL 352°, 71%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#CC223A#CC223A

HEX#CC223A

RGBrgb(204, 34, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.1333, 0.2275

RGB percentages80%, 13.3%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(351.5, 71.4%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.5, 83.3%, 80%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 71.6%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,378,106

CSS custom property--colour: #CC223A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.44:1

Contrast with white5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#33DDC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#595339no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#837634no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E1002Dno 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 text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.6 Firebrick · ΔE 11.8 Brown · ΔE 16.1 Indian red · ΔE 23.1 Dark red · ΔE 23.4 Tomato · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22CCB4

Analogous#CC228F, #CC5F22

Triadic#3ACC22, #223ACC

Split complementary#22CC5F, #228FCC

Tetradic#8FCC22, #22CCB4, #5F22CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5C5CC

Lighter +30%#EE99A5

Lighter +20%#E76D7E

Lighter +10%#DF4258

Darker −10%#A01B2E

Darker −20%#751321

Darker −30%#490C15

Darker −40%#1D0508

More saturated +25%#EA0425

Less saturated −25%#AE404F

Channel breakdown

R204

G34

B58

Red204 (80%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue351.53°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CC · G 22 · B 3A

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