Recognised as Colour

#D40006

#D40006
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#D40006 is a red with RGB values 212, 0, 6 and HSL 358°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#D40006#D40006

HEX#D40006

RGBrgb(212, 0, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0, 0.0235

RGB percentages83.1%, 0%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(358.3, 100%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.3, 100%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 97.2%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,893,638

CSS custom property--colour: #D40006;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1401WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.52:1

Contrast with white5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#2BFFF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#594E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#877700no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EA000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 17.4 Orange red · ΔE 18.3 Crimson · ΔE 23.1 Tomato · ΔE 23.8 Firebrick · ΔE 23.9 Dark red · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D4CE

Analogous#D40070, #D46400

Triadic#06D400, #0006D4

Split complementary#00D464, #0070D4

Tetradic#70D400, #00D4CE, #6400D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA1A4

Lighter +30%#FF6E72

Lighter +20%#FF3B41

Lighter +10%#FF080F

Darker −10%#A10005

Darker −20%#6E0003

Darker −30%#3B0002

Darker −40%#080000

More saturated +25%#D40006

Less saturated −25%#BA1B1F

Channel breakdown

R212

Red212 (83.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue358.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G 00 · B 06

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