Recognised as Colour

#CE3E40

#CE3E40
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#CE3E40 is a red with RGB values 206, 62, 64 and HSL 359°, 60%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#CE3E40#CE3E40

HEX#CE3E40

RGBrgb(206, 62, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.2431, 0.251

RGB percentages80.8%, 24.3%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(359.2, 59.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.2, 69.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 69.9%, 68.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,516,352

CSS custom property--colour: #CE3E40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#31C1BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665F3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7E3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original

Tritanopia#E20D40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.7 Brown · ΔE 12.7 Crimson · ΔE 14.6 Indian red · ΔE 16.1 Tomato · ΔE 20.2 Salmon · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3ECECC

Analogous#CE3E88, #CE843E

Triadic#40CE3E, #3E40CE

Split complementary#3ECE84, #3E88CE

Tetradic#88CE3E, #3ECECC, #843ECE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E1E1

Lighter +30%#EDB8B9

Lighter +20%#E38F91

Lighter +10%#D86768

Darker −10%#AD2C2E

Darker −20%#842223

Darker −30%#5C1718

Darker −40%#330D0D

More saturated +25%#EC2023

Less saturated −25%#B05C5D

Channel breakdown

R206

G62

B64

Red206 (80.8%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue359.17°

Saturation (HSL)59.5%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 3E · B 40

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