Recognised as Colour

#DB0040

#DB0040
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DB0040 is a red with RGB values 219, 0, 64 and HSL 342°, 100%, 43%. 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

#DB0040#DB0040

HEX#DB0040

RGBrgb(219, 0, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0, 0.251

RGB percentages85.9%, 0%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(342.5, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 70.8%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,352,448

CSS custom property--colour: #DB0040;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#24FFBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#585340no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#897C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F10025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4 Firebrick · ΔE 19.8 Brown · ΔE 24.7 Tomato · ΔE 27.2 Indian red · ΔE 29.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.98, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DB9B

Analogous#DB00AD, #DB2D00

Triadic#40DB00, #0040DB

Split complementary#00DB2D, #00ADDB

Tetradic#AEDB00, #00DB9B, #2E00DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA8C1

Lighter +30%#FF759D

Lighter +20%#FF4279

Lighter +10%#FF0F55

Darker −10%#A80031

Darker −20%#750022

Darker −30%#420013

Darker −40%#0F0004

More saturated +25%#DB0040

Less saturated −25%#C01B4B

Channel breakdown

R219

B64

Red219 (85.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue342.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 00 · B 40

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