Recognised as Colour

#D9323E

#D9323E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#D9323E is a red with RGB values 217, 50, 62 and HSL 356°, 69%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#D9323E

RGBrgb(217, 50, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.1961, 0.2431

RGB percentages85.1%, 19.6%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(355.7, 68.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 77%, 85.1%)

CMYK0%, 77%, 71.4%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,234,174

CSS custom property--colour: #D9323E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#26CDC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655D3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E8138no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.8 from the original

Tritanopia#EF0038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.4 Firebrick · ΔE 12.9 Brown · ΔE 18.4 Tomato · ΔE 19.1 Indian red · ΔE 23 Dark red · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32D9CD

Analogous#D93292, #D97A32

Triadic#3ED932, #323ED9

Split complementary#32D97A, #3292D9

Tetradic#92D932, #32D9CD, #7A32D9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9DEE0

Lighter +30%#F1B3B8

Lighter +20%#E9888F

Lighter +10%#E15D67

Darker −10%#B6222C

Darker −20%#8B1A22

Darker −30%#601217

Darker −40%#350A0D

More saturated +25%#F71424

Less saturated −25%#BB5058

Channel breakdown

R217

G50

B62

Red217 (85.1%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue355.69°

Saturation (HSL)68.72%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR D9 · G 32 · B 3E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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