Recognised as Colour

#DB224E

#DB224E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DB224E is a red with RGB values 219, 34, 78 and HSL 346°, 73%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#DB224E

RGBrgb(219, 34, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.1333, 0.3059

RGB percentages85.9%, 13.3%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(345.7, 73.1%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.7, 84.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 84.5%, 64.4%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,361,166

CSS custom property--colour: #DB224E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#24DDB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5A4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7F49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F00037no 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 text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10 Firebrick · ΔE 21.1 Brown · ΔE 23.1 Indian red · ΔE 24.9 Tomato · ΔE 29 Salmon · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22DBAF

Analogous#DB22AA, #DB5322

Triadic#4EDB22, #224EDB

Split complementary#22DB53, #22AADB

Tetradic#AADB22, #22DBAF, #5322DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8D1DA

Lighter +30%#F1A5B7

Lighter +20%#EA7994

Lighter +10%#E34D71

Darker −10%#AF1B3E

Darker −20%#83142F

Darker −30%#570D1F

Darker −40%#2A070F

More saturated +25%#FB023D

Less saturated −25%#BB425F

Channel breakdown

R219

G34

B78

Red219 (85.9%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue345.73°

Saturation (HSL)73.12%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 22 · B 4E

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