Recognised as Colour

#CD002E

#CD002E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CD002E is a red with RGB values 205, 0, 46 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

#CD002E#CD002E

HEX#CD002E

RGBrgb(205, 0, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0, 0.1804

RGB percentages80.4%, 0%, 18%

HSLhsl(346.5, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.5, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 77.6%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,434,926

CSS custom property--colour: #CD002E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.2 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 black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#32FFD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534C2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#817326no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E2001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 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 text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.4 Firebrick · ΔE 13.5 Brown · ΔE 20.7 Dark red · ΔE 23.7 Tomato · ΔE 24.2 Maroon · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CD9F

Analogous#CD0095, #CD3900

Triadic#2ECD00, #002ECD

Split complementary#00CD39, #0095CD

Tetradic#94CD00, #00CD9F, #3800CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9AB1

Lighter +30%#FF6789

Lighter +20%#FF3462

Lighter +10%#FF013A

Darker −10%#9A0023

Darker −20%#670017

Darker −30%#34000C

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#CD002E

Less saturated −25%#B31A3C

Channel breakdown

R205

B46

Red205 (80.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue346.54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G 00 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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