Recognised as Colour

#CD003C

#CD003C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CD003C is a red with RGB values 205, 0, 60 and HSL 342°, 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

#CD003C#CD003C

HEX#CD003C

RGBrgb(205, 0, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0, 0.2353

RGB percentages80.4%, 0%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(342.4, 100%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.4, 100%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.7%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,434,940

CSS custom property--colour: #CD003C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#32FFC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#524D3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7436no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E20023no 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 text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.7 Firebrick · ΔE 16.8 Brown · ΔE 20.5 Dark red · ΔE 27.1 Indian red · ΔE 27.2 Tomato · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CD91

Analogous#CD00A2, #CD2A00

Triadic#3CCD00, #003CCD

Split complementary#00CD2B, #00A2CD

Tetradic#A3CD00, #00CD91, #2B00CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9AB8

Lighter +30%#FF6793

Lighter +20%#FF346F

Lighter +10%#FF014B

Darker −10%#9A002D

Darker −20%#67001E

Darker −30%#34000F

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#CD003C

Less saturated −25%#B31A47

Channel breakdown

R205

B60

Red205 (80.4%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue342.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G 00 · B 3C

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Colour values

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