Recognised as Colour

#D72231

#D72231
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D72231 is a red with RGB values 215, 34, 49 and HSL 355°, 73%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#D72231#D72231

HEX#D72231

RGBrgb(215, 34, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.1333, 0.1922

RGB percentages84.3%, 13.3%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(355, 72.7%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355, 84.2%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 84.2%, 77.2%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,098,993

CSS custom property--colour: #D72231;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1

Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#28DDCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F562Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7C29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Tritanopia#ED002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.1 Firebrick · ΔE 13.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.2 Brown · ΔE 21.4 Dark red · ΔE 24.5 Maroon · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22D7C8

Analogous#D7228C, #D76D22

Triadic#31D722, #2231D7

Split complementary#22D76D, #228CD7

Tetradic#8CD722, #22D7C8, #6D22D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7CED1

Lighter +30%#F0A2A8

Lighter +20%#E9767F

Lighter +10%#E24A56

Darker −10%#AB1B27

Darker −20%#7F141D

Darker −30%#530D13

Darker −40%#270609

More saturated +25%#F60317

Less saturated −25%#B8414B

Channel breakdown

R215

G34

B49

Red215 (84.3%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue355.03°

Saturation (HSL)72.69%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G 22 · B 31

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