Colour

#DB0031

#DB0031
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DB0031 is a red with RGB values 219, 0, 49 and HSL 347°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DB0031#DB0031

HEX#DB0031

RGBrgb(219, 0, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0, 0.1922

RGB percentages85.9%, 0%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(346.6, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.6, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 77.6%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,352,433

CSS custom property--colour: #DB0031;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15282WCAG 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 5.18:1

Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#24FFCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5230no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7C28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F2001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.5 Firebrick · ΔE 17.7 Tomato · ΔE 22.9 Brown · ΔE 25.5 Dark red · ΔE 27.9 Red · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DBAA

Analogous#DB009E, #DB3C00

Triadic#31DB00, #0031DB

Split complementary#00DB3C, #009EDB

Tetradic#9FDB00, #00DBAA, #3D00DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA8BB

Lighter +30%#FF7594

Lighter +20%#FF426C

Lighter +10%#FF0F45

Darker −10%#A80026

Darker −20%#75001A

Darker −30%#42000F

Darker −40%#0F0003

More saturated +25%#DB0031

Less saturated −25%#C01B40

Channel breakdown

R219

B49

Red219 (85.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue346.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 00 · B 31

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