Recognised as Colour

#DC0020

#DC0020
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DC0020 is a red with RGB values 220, 0, 32 and HSL 351°, 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 Crimson.

Colour values

#DC0020#DC0020

HEX#DC0020

RGBrgb(220, 0, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0, 0.1255

RGB percentages86.3%, 0%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(351.3, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 85.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,417,952

CSS custom property--colour: #DC0020;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#23FFDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C521Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B7C11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F30016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.8 Firebrick · ΔE 20.5 Tomato · ΔE 21.6 Red · ΔE 21.8 Orange red · ΔE 24 Dark red · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DCBC

Analogous#DC008E, #DC4E00

Triadic#20DC00, #0020DC

Split complementary#00DC4E, #008EDC

Tetradic#8EDC00, #00DCBC, #4E00DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA9B6

Lighter +30%#FF768A

Lighter +20%#FF435E

Lighter +10%#FF1033

Darker −10%#A90019

Darker −20%#760011

Darker −30%#43000A

Darker −40%#100002

More saturated +25%#DC0020

Less saturated −25%#C11C34

Channel breakdown

R220

B32

Red220 (86.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue351.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 00 · B 20

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