Colour

#DC0900

#DC0900
Red
Dark
Nearest: Red

#DC0900 is a red with RGB values 220, 9, 0 and HSL 2°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Red.

Colour values

#DC0900#DC0900

HEX#DC0900

RGBrgb(220, 9, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.0353, 0

RGB percentages86.3%, 3.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(2.5, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.5, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 95.9%, 100%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,420,224

CSS custom property--colour: #DC0900;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15411WCAG 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 5.14:1

Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#23F6FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7C00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F30010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Red · ΔE 13.5 Orange red · ΔE 14.7 Tomato · ΔE 24.8 Crimson · ΔE 26.6 Firebrick · ΔE 28 Dark red · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourRed (#FF0000)ΔE 13.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00D3DC

Analogous#DC0065, #DC7700

Triadic#00DC09, #0900DC

Split complementary#00DC77, #0065DC

Tetradic#65DC00, #00D3DC, #7700DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFADA9

Lighter +30%#FF7C76

Lighter +20%#FF4B43

Lighter +10%#FF1A10

Darker −10%#A90700

Darker −20%#760500

Darker −30%#430300

Darker −40%#100100

More saturated +25%#DC0900

Less saturated −25%#C1221C

Channel breakdown

R220

Red220 (86.3%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue2.45°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 09 · B 00

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