Colour

#DB053C

#DB053C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DB053C is a red with RGB values 219, 5, 60 and HSL 345°, 96%, 44%. 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

#DB053C#DB053C

HEX#DB053C

RGBrgb(219, 5, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.0196, 0.2353

RGB percentages85.9%, 2%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(344.6, 95.5%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.6, 97.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 97.7%, 72.6%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,353,724

CSS custom property--colour: #DB053C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.5 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 black4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#24FAC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59533Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#897C35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77 from the original

Tritanopia#F10025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 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 text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 1.7 Firebrick · ΔE 18.5 Brown · ΔE 24.2 Tomato · ΔE 25.4 Dark red · ΔE 29.2 Indian red · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 1.71, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05DBA4

Analogous#DB05A7, #DB3905

Triadic#3CDB05, #053CDB

Split complementary#05DB39, #05A7DB

Tetradic#A7DB05, #05DBA4, #3905DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDAFC3

Lighter +30%#FC7D9E

Lighter +20%#FB4B78

Lighter +10%#FA1953

Darker −10%#A9042E

Darker −20%#770321

Darker −30%#450213

Darker −40%#140005

More saturated +25%#E0003A

Less saturated −25%#BF214A

Channel breakdown

R219

B60

Red219 (85.9%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue344.58°

Saturation (HSL)95.54%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 05 · B 3C

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