Recognised as Colour

#CE233D

#CE233D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#CE233D is a red with RGB values 206, 35, 61 and HSL 351°, 71%, 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

#CE233D#CE233D

HEX#CE233D

RGBrgb(206, 35, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.1373, 0.2392

RGB percentages80.8%, 13.7%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(350.9, 71%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.9, 83%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 83%, 70.4%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,509,437

CSS custom property--colour: #CE233D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1

Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#31DCC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A543Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#847837no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E3002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.5 Firebrick · ΔE 13 Brown · ΔE 16.8 Indian red · ΔE 22.9 Dark red · ΔE 24.5 Tomato · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23CEB4

Analogous#CE2393, #CE5F23

Triadic#3DCE23, #233DCE

Split complementary#23CE5F, #2393CE

Tetradic#92CE23, #23CEB4, #5E23CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6C7CE

Lighter +30%#EE9CA8

Lighter +20%#E77082

Lighter +10%#DF455C

Darker −10%#A21C30

Darker −20%#771423

Darker −30%#4B0D16

Darker −40%#200509

More saturated +25%#EC0528

Less saturated −25%#B04152

Channel breakdown

R206

G35

B61

Red206 (80.8%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue350.88°

Saturation (HSL)70.95%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 23 · B 3D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#CE233D

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else