Recognised as Colour

#CE001A

#CE001A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CE001A is a red with RGB values 206, 0, 26 and HSL 352°, 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

#CE001A#CE001A

HEX#CE001A

RGBrgb(206, 0, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0, 0.102

RGB percentages80.8%, 0%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(352.4, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.4, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 87.4%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,500,442

CSS custom property--colour: #CE001A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#31FFE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554C17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#827409no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E40012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.7 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5 Tomato · ΔE 21.9 Dark red · ΔE 23.9 Red · ΔE 25 Orange red · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CEB4

Analogous#CE0081, #CE4D00

Triadic#1ACE00, #001ACE

Split complementary#00CE4D, #0081CE

Tetradic#81CE00, #00CEB4, #4D00CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9BA8

Lighter +30%#FF687B

Lighter +20%#FF354E

Lighter +10%#FF0222

Darker −10%#9B0014

Darker −20%#68000D

Darker −30%#350007

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#CE001A

Less saturated −25%#B41A2D

Channel breakdown

R206

B26

Red206 (80.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue352.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 00 · B 1A

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