Recognised as Colour

#CD3B2A

#CD3B2A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#CD3B2A is a red with RGB values 205, 59, 42 and HSL 6°, 66%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#CD3B2A#CD3B2A

HEX#CD3B2A

RGBrgb(205, 59, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.2314, 0.1647

RGB percentages80.4%, 23.1%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(6.3, 66%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.3, 79.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 71.2%, 79.5%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,450,026

CSS custom property--colour: #CD3B2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#32C4D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675C27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7C23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E20038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10 Tomato · ΔE 15.3 Brown · ΔE 17.4 Crimson · ΔE 17.5 Dark red · ΔE 20.1 Coral · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2ABCCD

Analogous#CD2A6B, #CD8D2A

Triadic#2ACD3B, #3B2ACD

Split complementary#2ACD8C, #2A6BCD

Tetradic#6BCD2A, #2ABCCD, #8C2ACD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5D2CE

Lighter +30%#ECABA4

Lighter +20%#E48479

Lighter +10%#DB5E4F

Darker −10%#A32F21

Darker −20%#782319

Darker −30%#4E1610

Darker −40%#240A07

More saturated +25%#EC230B

Less saturated −25%#AE5349

Channel breakdown

R205

G59

B42

Red205 (80.4%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue6.26°

Saturation (HSL)65.99%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G 3B · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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