Recognised as Colour

#DA273C

#DA273C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DA273C is a red with RGB values 218, 39, 60 and HSL 353°, 71%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DA273C#DA273C

HEX#DA273C

RGBrgb(218, 39, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.1529, 0.2353

RGB percentages85.5%, 15.3%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(353, 70.8%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 82.1%, 85.5%)

CMYK0%, 82.1%, 72.5%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,296,892

CSS custom property--colour: #DA273C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16683WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#25D8C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#61593Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7F36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F00031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.2 Firebrick · ΔE 14.4 Brown · ΔE 20.4 Tomato · ΔE 20.7 Indian red · ΔE 25.9 Dark red · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.21, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27DAC5

Analogous#DA2796, #DA6B27

Triadic#3CDA27, #273CDA

Split complementary#27DA6B, #2796DA

Tetradic#96DA27, #27DAC5, #6B27DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8D5D9

Lighter +30%#F0AAB2

Lighter +20%#E97E8B

Lighter +10%#E15363

Darker −10%#B01E2F

Darker −20%#841724

Darker −30%#590F18

Darker −40%#2D080C

More saturated +25%#FA0724

Less saturated −25%#BA4754

Channel breakdown

R218

G39

B60

Red218 (85.5%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue352.96°

Saturation (HSL)70.75%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DA · G 27 · B 3C

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