Recognised as Colour

#DB223E

#DB223E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DB223E is a red with RGB values 219, 34, 62 and HSL 351°, 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

#DB223E#DB223E

HEX#DB223E

RGBrgb(219, 34, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.1333, 0.2431

RGB percentages85.9%, 13.3%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(350.9, 73.1%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.9, 84.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 71.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,361,150

CSS custom property--colour: #DB223E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16552WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#24DDC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F583Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7F38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F10030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 2.7 Firebrick · ΔE 15.8 Brown · ΔE 21.4 Tomato · ΔE 22.3 Indian red · ΔE 26.6 Dark red · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 2.69, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22DBBF

Analogous#DB229A, #DB6222

Triadic#3EDB22, #223EDB

Split complementary#22DB62, #229ADB

Tetradic#9BDB22, #22DBBF, #6322DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8D1D7

Lighter +30%#F1A5B0

Lighter +20%#EA798A

Lighter +10%#E34D63

Darker −10%#AF1B32

Darker −20%#831425

Darker −30%#570D19

Darker −40%#2A070C

More saturated +25%#FB0228

Less saturated −25%#BB4254

Channel breakdown

R219

G34

B62

Red219 (85.9%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue350.92°

Saturation (HSL)73.12%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 22 · B 3E

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