Recognised as Colour

#CE214D

#CE214D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CE214D is a red with RGB values 206, 33, 77 and HSL 345°, 72%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#CE214D#CE214D

HEX#CE214D

RGBrgb(206, 33, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.1294, 0.302

RGB percentages80.8%, 12.9%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(344.7, 72.4%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.7, 84%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 84%, 62.6%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,508,941

CSS custom property--colour: #CE214D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#31DEB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#57554Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#827848no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E20035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.2 Brown · ΔE 20.6 Firebrick · ΔE 20.8 Indian red · ΔE 22.6 Dark red · ΔE 30.9 Light coral · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#21CEA2

Analogous#CE21A4, #CE4B21

Triadic#4DCE21, #214DCE

Split complementary#21CE4B, #21A4CE

Tetradic#A4CE21, #21CEA2, #4B21CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6C5D2

Lighter +30%#EF99AF

Lighter +20%#E86D8C

Lighter +10%#E1416A

Darker −10%#A21A3D

Darker −20%#76132C

Darker −30%#4A0C1C

Darker −40%#1E050B

More saturated +25%#EC033E

Less saturated −25%#B03F5C

Channel breakdown

R206

G33

B77

Red206 (80.8%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue344.74°

Saturation (HSL)72.38%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 21 · B 4D

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