Recognised as Colour

#CD0918

#CD0918
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CD0918 is a red with RGB values 205, 9, 24 and HSL 355°, 92%, 42%. 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

#CD0918#CD0918

HEX#CD0918

RGBrgb(205, 9, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.0353, 0.0941

RGB percentages80.4%, 3.5%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(355.4, 91.6%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.4, 95.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 95.6%, 88.3%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,437,208

CSS custom property--colour: #CD0918;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1

Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#32F6E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564C14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#827406no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original

Tritanopia#E30015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 15.8 Firebrick · ΔE 16.3 Tomato · ΔE 21.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.4 Red · ΔE 24.8 Orange red · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09CDBE

Analogous#CD097A, #CD5C09

Triadic#18CD09, #0918CD

Split complementary#09CD5C, #097ACD

Tetradic#7ACD09, #09CDBE, #5C09CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBA7AD

Lighter +30%#F97680

Lighter +20%#F74553

Lighter +10%#F51425

Darker −10%#9C0712

Darker −20%#6B050D

Darker −30%#3A0307

Darker −40%#0A0001

More saturated +25%#D60010

Less saturated −25%#B2242F

Channel breakdown

R205

B24

Red205 (80.4%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue355.41°

Saturation (HSL)91.59%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G 09 · B 18

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