Recognised as Colour

#D72438

#D72438
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D72438 is a red with RGB values 215, 36, 56 and HSL 353°, 71%, 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

#D72438#D72438

HEX#D72438

RGBrgb(215, 36, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.1412, 0.2196

RGB percentages84.3%, 14.1%, 22%

HSLhsl(353.3, 71.3%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.3, 83.3%, 84.3%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 74%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,099,512

CSS custom property--colour: #D72438;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1

Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#28DBC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5737no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7D31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ED002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.8 Firebrick · ΔE 13.4 Brown · ΔE 20 Tomato · ΔE 20.6 Dark red · ΔE 25.1 Indian red · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.77, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24D7C3

Analogous#D72491, #D76A24

Triadic#38D724, #2438D7

Split complementary#24D76A, #2491D7

Tetradic#91D724, #24D7C3, #6A24D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7D0D4

Lighter +30%#F0A4AD

Lighter +20%#E87985

Lighter +10%#E14D5D

Darker −10%#AB1D2D

Darker −20%#801521

Darker −30%#540E16

Darker −40%#28070A

More saturated +25%#F60520

Less saturated −25%#B84350

Channel breakdown

R215

G36

B56

Red215 (84.3%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue353.3°

Saturation (HSL)71.31%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D7 · G 24 · B 38

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