Recognised as Colour

#DB493E

#DB493E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#DB493E is a red with RGB values 219, 73, 62 and HSL 4°, 69%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#DB493E

RGBrgb(219, 73, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.2863, 0.2431

RGB percentages85.9%, 28.6%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(4.2, 68.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.2, 71.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 71.7%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,371,134

CSS custom property--colour: #DB493E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.03:1

Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#24B6C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#72683Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#968839no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F11F48no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.9 Tomato · ΔE 13.2 Crimson · ΔE 16.2 Brown · ΔE 17.7 Indian red · ΔE 19.8 Salmon · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3ED0DB

Analogous#DB3E82, #DB973E

Triadic#3EDB49, #493EDB

Split complementary#3EDB98, #3E81DB

Tetradic#82DB3E, #3ED0DB, #973EDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBEBEA

Lighter +30%#F3C3BF

Lighter +20%#EB9A94

Lighter +10%#E37269

Darker −10%#C22F24

Darker −20%#97251C

Darker −30%#6C1A14

Darker −40%#41100C

More saturated +25%#F83021

Less saturated −25%#BE625B

Channel breakdown

R219

G73

B62

Red219 (85.9%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue4.2°

Saturation (HSL)68.56%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 49 · B 3E

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