Recognised as Colour

#D31255

#D31255
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D31255 is a red with RGB values 211, 18, 85 and HSL 339°, 84%, 45%. 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

#D31255#D31255

HEX#D31255

RGBrgb(211, 18, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.0706, 0.3333

RGB percentages82.7%, 7.1%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(339.2, 84.3%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.2, 91.5%, 82.7%)

CMYK0%, 91.5%, 59.7%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,832,789

CSS custom property--colour: #D31255;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#2CEDAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#535456no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#827950no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E70034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 26.4 Firebrick · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.3 Deep pink · ΔE 28 Medium violet red · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 17.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12D390

Analogous#D312B6, #D32F12

Triadic#55D312, #1255D3

Split complementary#12D330, #12B5D3

Tetradic#B6D312, #12D390, #2F12D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9B8CF

Lighter +30%#F589AF

Lighter +20%#F15A8E

Lighter +10%#ED2B6E

Darker −10%#A40E42

Darker −20%#750A2F

Darker −30%#46061C

Darker −40%#170209

More saturated +25%#E5004F

Less saturated −25%#B62F5E

Channel breakdown

R211

G18

B85

Red211 (82.7%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue339.17°

Saturation (HSL)84.28%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D3 · G 12 · B 55

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