Colour

#CE000C

#CE000C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CE000C is a red with RGB values 206, 0, 12 and HSL 357°, 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

#CE000C#CE000C

HEX#CE000C

RGBrgb(206, 0, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0, 0.0471

RGB percentages80.8%, 0%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(356.5, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 94.2%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,500,428

CSS custom property--colour: #CE000C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#31FFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564B05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#837400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E4000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 20.3 Firebrick · ΔE 20.3 Red · ΔE 20.9 Orange red · ΔE 21.4 Tomato · ΔE 22.9 Dark red · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 20.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CEC2

Analogous#CE0073, #CE5B00

Triadic#0CCE00, #000CCE

Split complementary#00CE5B, #0073CE

Tetradic#73CE00, #00CEC2, #5B00CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9BA1

Lighter +30%#FF6871

Lighter +20%#FF3541

Lighter +10%#FF0211

Darker −10%#9B0009

Darker −20%#680006

Darker −30%#350003

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#CE000C

Less saturated −25%#B41A23

Channel breakdown

R206

B12

Red206 (80.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue356.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 00 · B 0C

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