Colour

#D8003C

#D8003C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D8003C is a red with RGB values 216, 0, 60 and HSL 343°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#D8003C#D8003C

HEX#D8003C

RGBrgb(216, 0, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0, 0.2353

RGB percentages84.7%, 0%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(343.3, 100%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.3, 100%, 84.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 72.2%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,155,836

CSS custom property--colour: #D8003C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#27FFC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#57513Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#877A35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EE0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 2.7 Firebrick · ΔE 18.2 Brown · ΔE 23.6 Tomato · ΔE 26.3 Dark red · ΔE 28.9 Indian red · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 2.66, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D89C

Analogous#D800A8, #D83000

Triadic#3CD800, #003CD8

Split complementary#00D830, #00A8D8

Tetradic#A8D800, #00D89C, #3000D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA5BE

Lighter +30%#FF7299

Lighter +20%#FF3F74

Lighter +10%#FF0C50

Darker −10%#A5002E

Darker −20%#720020

Darker −30%#3F0012

Darker −40%#0C0003

More saturated +25%#D8003C

Less saturated −25%#BD1B48

Channel breakdown

R216

B60

Red216 (84.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue343.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D8 · G 00 · B 3C

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Colour values

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