Recognised as Colour

#DC0235

#DC0235
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DC0235 is a red with RGB values 220, 2, 53 and HSL 346°, 98%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DC0235#DC0235

HEX#DC0235

RGBrgb(220, 2, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.0078, 0.2078

RGB percentages86.3%, 0.8%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(346, 98.2%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346, 99.1%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 99.1%, 75.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,418,485

CSS custom property--colour: #DC0235;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.12:1

Contrast with white5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#23FDCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5334no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7C2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F30020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.7 Firebrick · ΔE 18 Tomato · ΔE 23.5 Brown · ΔE 25.2 Dark red · ΔE 28.5 Red · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.74, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02DCA9

Analogous#DC02A2, #DC3C02

Triadic#35DC02, #0235DC

Split complementary#02DC3C, #02A2DC

Tetradic#A2DC02, #02DCA9, #3C02DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEACBF

Lighter +30%#FE7998

Lighter +20%#FD4771

Lighter +10%#FD144B

Darker −10%#A90229

Darker −20%#77011D

Darker −30%#440110

Darker −40%#120004

More saturated +25%#DE0034

Less saturated −25%#C01E44

Channel breakdown

R220

B53

Red220 (86.3%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue345.96°

Saturation (HSL)98.2%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 02 · B 35

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