Recognised as Colour

#D42448

#D42448
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D42448 is a red with RGB values 212, 36, 72 and HSL 348°, 71%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#D42448#D42448

HEX#D42448

RGBrgb(212, 36, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.1412, 0.2824

RGB percentages83.1%, 14.1%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(347.7, 71%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.7, 83%, 83.1%)

CMYK0%, 83%, 66%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,902,920

CSS custom property--colour: #D42448;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#2BDBB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B5748no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#877B43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E90035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.3 Firebrick · ΔE 17.8 Brown · ΔE 19.8 Indian red · ΔE 23 Tomato · ΔE 27.5 Dark red · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24D4B0

Analogous#D424A0, #D45824

Triadic#48D424, #2448D4

Split complementary#24D458, #24A0D4

Tetradic#A0D424, #24D4B0, #5824D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7CDD6

Lighter +30%#EFA2B2

Lighter +20%#E8768D

Lighter +10%#E04B69

Darker −10%#A81D39

Darker −20%#7D152A

Darker −30%#510E1C

Darker −40%#26060D

More saturated +25%#F30536

Less saturated −25%#B5435A

Channel breakdown

R212

G36

B72

Red212 (83.1%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue347.73°

Saturation (HSL)70.97%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D4 · G 24 · B 48

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