Recognised as Colour

#D40046

#D40046
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D40046 is a red with RGB values 212, 0, 70 and HSL 340°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#D40046

RGBrgb(212, 0, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0, 0.2745

RGB percentages83.1%, 0%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(340.2, 100%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.2, 100%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 67%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,893,702

CSS custom property--colour: #D40046;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#2BFFB9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#545146no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#837840no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.8 from the original

Tritanopia#E90029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.4 Firebrick · ΔE 21.1 Brown · ΔE 23.7 Indian red · ΔE 28 Tomato · ΔE 31.1 Dark red · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D48E

Analogous#D400B0, #D42400

Triadic#46D400, #0046D4

Split complementary#00D424, #00B0D4

Tetradic#B0D400, #00D48E, #2400D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA1C0

Lighter +30%#FF6E9E

Lighter +20%#FF3B7C

Lighter +10%#FF085A

Darker −10%#A10035

Darker −20%#6E0024

Darker −30%#3B0013

Darker −40%#080003

More saturated +25%#D40046

Less saturated −25%#BA1B4F

Channel breakdown

R212

B70

Red212 (83.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue340.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G 00 · B 46

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