Recognised as Colour

#CE0011

#CE0011
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CE0011 is a red with RGB values 206, 0, 17 and HSL 355°, 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

#CE0011#CE0011

HEX#CE0011

RGBrgb(206, 0, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0, 0.0667

RGB percentages80.8%, 0%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(355, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 91.7%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,500,433

CSS custom property--colour: #CE0011;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#31FFEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564B0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#837400no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.5 from the original

Tritanopia#E4000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 18.5 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Red · ΔE 22.1 Tomato · ΔE 22.5 Orange red · ΔE 22.7 Dark red · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 18.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CEBD

Analogous#CE0078, #CE5600

Triadic#11CE00, #0011CE

Split complementary#00CE56, #0078CE

Tetradic#78CE00, #00CEBD, #5600CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9BA3

Lighter +30%#FF6874

Lighter +20%#FF3546

Lighter +10%#FF0217

Darker −10%#9B000D

Darker −20%#680009

Darker −30%#350004

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#CE0011

Less saturated −25%#B41A26

Channel breakdown

R206

B17

Red206 (80.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue355.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 00 · B 11

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