Colour

#CE002B

#CE002B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CE002B is a red with RGB values 206, 0, 43 and HSL 347°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#CE002B#CE002B

HEX#CE002B

RGBrgb(206, 0, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0, 0.1686

RGB percentages80.8%, 0%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(347.5, 100%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.5, 100%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 79.1%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,500,459

CSS custom property--colour: #CE002B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#31FFD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#544C2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#817422no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.1 from the original

Tritanopia#E3001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.6 Firebrick · ΔE 13.6 Brown · ΔE 21.6 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Dark red · ΔE 23.6 Maroon · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00CEA3

Analogous#CE0092, #CE3C00

Triadic#2BCE00, #002BCE

Split complementary#00CE3C, #0092CE

Tetradic#92CE00, #00CEA3, #3C00CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF9BB0

Lighter +30%#FF6888

Lighter +20%#FF355F

Lighter +10%#FF0237

Darker −10%#9B0020

Darker −20%#680016

Darker −30%#35000B

Darker −40%#020000

More saturated +25%#CE002B

Less saturated −25%#B41A3A

Channel breakdown

R206

B43

Red206 (80.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue347.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness40.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 00 · B 2B

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Colour values

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