Recognised as Colour

#CE3E55

#CE3E55
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#CE3E55 is a red with RGB values 206, 62, 85 and HSL 350°, 60%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#CE3E55#CE3E55

HEX#CE3E55

RGBrgb(206, 62, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.2431, 0.3333

RGB percentages80.8%, 24.3%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(350.4, 59.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.4, 69.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK0%, 69.9%, 58.7%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,516,373

CSS custom property--colour: #CE3E55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17223WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#31C1AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#636055no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#887E51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E11947no 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 text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 13.9 Brown · ΔE 17.3 Crimson · ΔE 19.1 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Light coral · ΔE 23.1 Salmon · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3ECEB7

Analogous#CE3E9D, #CE6F3E

Triadic#55CE3E, #3E55CE

Split complementary#3ECE6F, #3E9DCE

Tetradic#9DCE3E, #3ECEB7, #6F3ECE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E1E4

Lighter +30%#EDB8C0

Lighter +20%#E38F9D

Lighter +10%#D86779

Darker −10%#AD2C41

Darker −20%#842231

Darker −30%#5C1722

Darker −40%#330D13

More saturated +25%#EC2040

Less saturated −25%#B05C6A

Channel breakdown

R206

G62

B85

Red206 (80.8%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue350.42°

Saturation (HSL)59.5%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CE · G 3E · B 55

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