Recognised as Colour

#DC2722

#DC2722
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DC2722 is a red with RGB values 220, 39, 34 and HSL 2°, 73%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DC2722#DC2722

HEX#DC2722

RGBrgb(220, 39, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.1529, 0.1333

RGB percentages86.3%, 15.3%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(1.6, 73.2%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.6, 84.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 82.3%, 84.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,427,938

CSS custom property--colour: #DC2722;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#23D8DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64591Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8016no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F30029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16 Tomato · ΔE 16.9 Firebrick · ΔE 17.9 Orange red · ΔE 22.2 Red · ΔE 23.3 Dark red · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22D7DC

Analogous#DC227A, #DC8422

Triadic#22DC27, #2722DC

Split complementary#22DC84, #227ADC

Tetradic#7ADC22, #22D7DC, #8422DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8D3D2

Lighter +30%#F1A8A6

Lighter +20%#EA7D7A

Lighter +10%#E4514D

Darker −10%#B01F1B

Darker −20%#841714

Darker −30%#57100E

Darker −40%#2B0807

More saturated +25%#FC0902

Less saturated −25%#BC4542

Channel breakdown

R220

G39

B34

Red220 (86.3%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue1.61°

Saturation (HSL)73.23%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 27 · B 22

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