Recognised as Colour

#DA151C

#DA151C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DA151C is a red with RGB values 218, 21, 28 and HSL 358°, 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

#DA151C#DA151C

HEX#DA151C

RGBrgb(218, 21, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.0824, 0.1098

RGB percentages85.5%, 8.2%, 11%

HSLhsl(357.9, 82.4%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.9, 90.4%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 90.4%, 87.2%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,292,252

CSS custom property--colour: #DA151C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.12:1

Contrast with white5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#25EAE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5318no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7C0Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F1001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16.8 Firebrick · ΔE 19.8 Tomato · ΔE 20 Red · ΔE 21.2 Orange red · ΔE 21.8 Dark red · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15DAD3

Analogous#DA157E, #DA7015

Triadic#1CDA15, #151CDA

Split complementary#15DA70, #157EDA

Tetradic#7FDA15, #15DAD3, #7015DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9C2C4

Lighter +30%#F59397

Lighter +20%#F0656A

Lighter +10%#EC363D

Darker −10%#AB1116

Darker −20%#7D0C10

Darker −30%#4E080A

Darker −40%#200304

More saturated +25%#EF0008

Less saturated −25%#BC3338

Channel breakdown

R218

G21

B28

Red218 (85.5%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue357.87°

Saturation (HSL)82.43%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G 15 · B 1C

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