Recognised as Colour

#D7174C

#D7174C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D7174C is a red with RGB values 215, 23, 76 and HSL 343°, 81%, 47%. 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

#D7174C#D7174C

HEX#D7174C

RGBrgb(215, 23, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.0902, 0.298

RGB percentages84.3%, 9%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(343.4, 80.7%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.4, 89.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 89.3%, 64.7%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,096,204

CSS custom property--colour: #D7174C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15582WCAG 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 5.1:1

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

Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#28E8B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#58554Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#877B47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.5 from the original

Tritanopia#EC0031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.8 Firebrick · ΔE 21.7 Brown · ΔE 23.4 Indian red · ΔE 26.1 Tomato · ΔE 30.8 Dark red · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17D7A2

Analogous#D717AC, #D74217

Triadic#4CD717, #174CD7

Split complementary#17D742, #17ACD7

Tetradic#ACD717, #17D7A2, #4217D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8C2D1

Lighter +30%#F493AE

Lighter +20%#EF658B

Lighter +10%#EA3769

Darker −10%#A9123C

Darker −20%#7B0D2B

Darker −30%#4D081B

Darker −40%#1F030B

More saturated +25%#EE0042

Less saturated −25%#B93559

Channel breakdown

R215

G23

B76

Red215 (84.3%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue343.44°

Saturation (HSL)80.67%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G 17 · B 4C

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