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Recognised as Colour

#CD4E5A

  • #CD4E5A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#CD4E5A is a red with RGB values 205, 78, 90 and HSL 354°, 56%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#CD4E5A#CD4E5A
HEX#CD4E5A
RGBrgb(205, 78, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.3059, 0.3529
RGB percentages80.4%, 30.6%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(354.3, 55.9%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 62%, 80.4%)
CMYK0%, 62%, 56.1%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,454,938
CSS custom property--colour: #CD4E5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#32B1A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D695Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D8357no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Tritanopia#E03753no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 7.2Brown · ΔE 17.1Light coral · ΔE 17.4Salmon · ΔE 19.7Firebrick · ΔE 21.8Pale violetred · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4ECDC1
Analogous#CD4E9A, #CD814E
Triadic#5ACD4E, #4E5ACD
Split complementary#4ECD81, #4E9ACD
Tetradic#9ACD4E, #4ECDC1, #814ECD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAEDEE
Lighter +30%#EFC5C9
Lighter +20%#E39EA4
Lighter +10%#D8767F
Darker −10%#B5333F
Darker −20%#8D2831
Darker −30%#651D24
Darker −40%#3E1116
More saturated +25%#E93243
Less saturated −25%#B16A71

Channel breakdown

R205
G78
B90
Red205 (80.4%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue354.33°
Saturation (HSL)55.95%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CD · G 4E · B 5A

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