Recognised as Colour

#DC0014

#DC0014
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#DC0014 is a red with RGB values 220, 0, 20 and HSL 355°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#DC0014#DC0014

HEX#DC0014

RGBrgb(220, 0, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0, 0.0784

RGB percentages86.3%, 0%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(354.5, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.5, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 90.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,417,940

CSS custom property--colour: #DC0014;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1

Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#23FFEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C510Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7C00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F30011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 17.4 Orange red · ΔE 19.6 Crimson · ΔE 20.2 Tomato · ΔE 22.6 Firebrick · ΔE 23.6 Dark red · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 17.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DCC8

Analogous#DC0082, #DC5A00

Triadic#14DC00, #0014DC

Split complementary#00DC5A, #0082DC

Tetradic#82DC00, #00DCC8, #5A00DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA9B1

Lighter +30%#FF7682

Lighter +20%#FF4354

Lighter +10%#FF1026

Darker −10%#A9000F

Darker −20%#76000B

Darker −30%#430006

Darker −40%#100001

More saturated +25%#DC0014

Less saturated −25%#C11C2B

Channel breakdown

R220

B20

Red220 (86.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue354.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 00 · B 14

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