Recognised as Colour

#D3233C

#D3233C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D3233C is a red with RGB values 211, 35, 60 and HSL 351°, 72%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#D3233C#D3233C

HEX#D3233C

RGBrgb(211, 35, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.1373, 0.2353

RGB percentages82.7%, 13.7%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(351.5, 71.5%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.5, 83.4%, 82.7%)

CMYK0%, 83.4%, 71.6%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,837,116

CSS custom property--colour: #D3233C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1

Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#2CDCC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C563Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#877A36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E8002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.3 Firebrick · ΔE 13.4 Brown · ΔE 18.4 Tomato · ΔE 23 Indian red · ΔE 24.4 Dark red · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23D3BA

Analogous#D32394, #D36223

Triadic#3CD323, #233CD3

Split complementary#23D362, #2394D3

Tetradic#94D323, #23D3BA, #6223D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6CCD2

Lighter +30%#EFA0AB

Lighter +20%#E87485

Lighter +10%#E1485E

Darker −10%#A71C30

Darker −20%#7C1423

Darker −30%#500D17

Darker −40%#24060A

More saturated +25%#F20426

Less saturated −25%#B44252

Channel breakdown

R211

G35

B60

Red211 (82.7%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue351.48°

Saturation (HSL)71.54%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D3 · G 23 · B 3C

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