Recognised as Colour

#DB223A

#DB223A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DB223A is a red with RGB values 219, 34, 58 and HSL 352°, 73%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#DB223A

RGBrgb(219, 34, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.1333, 0.2275

RGB percentages85.9%, 13.3%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(352.2, 73.1%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.2, 84.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 73.5%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,361,146

CSS custom property--colour: #DB223A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1

Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#24DDC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#605839no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7F33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original

Tritanopia#F1002Eno 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 text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.3 Firebrick · ΔE 15.1 Tomato · ΔE 21 Brown · ΔE 21.6 Dark red · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.35, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22DBC3

Analogous#DB2296, #DB6622

Triadic#3ADB22, #223ADB

Split complementary#22DB66, #2296DB

Tetradic#97DB22, #22DBC3, #6722DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8D1D6

Lighter +30%#F1A5AF

Lighter +20%#EA7988

Lighter +10%#E34D60

Darker −10%#AF1B2E

Darker −20%#831423

Darker −30%#570D17

Darker −40%#2A070B

More saturated +25%#FB0223

Less saturated −25%#BB4251

Channel breakdown

R219

G34

B58

Red219 (85.9%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue352.22°

Saturation (HSL)73.12%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 22 · B 3A

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