Recognised as Colour

#D9162F

#D9162F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D9162F is a red with RGB values 217, 22, 47 and HSL 352°, 82%, 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

#D9162F#D9162F

HEX#D9162F

RGBrgb(217, 22, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.0863, 0.1843

RGB percentages85.1%, 8.6%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(352.3, 81.6%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 89.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 89.9%, 78.3%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,226,991

CSS custom property--colour: #D9162F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1

Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#26E9D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D542Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7C26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EF0024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.9 Firebrick · ΔE 15.6 Tomato · ΔE 20.6 Brown · ΔE 23.7 Dark red · ΔE 26 Red · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16D9C0

Analogous#D91690, #D95F16

Triadic#2FD916, #162FD9

Split complementary#16D95E, #1690D9

Tetradic#90D916, #16D9C0, #5F16D9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9C2C9

Lighter +30%#F494A0

Lighter +20%#EF6677

Lighter +10%#EB374E

Darker −10%#AB1125

Darker −20%#7C0D1B

Darker −30%#4E0811

Darker −40%#200307

More saturated +25%#EF001F

Less saturated −25%#BB3445

Channel breakdown

R217

G22

B47

Red217 (85.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue352.31°

Saturation (HSL)81.59%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G 16 · B 2F

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