Recognised as Colour

#DC405A

#DC405A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DC405A is a red with RGB values 220, 64, 90 and HSL 350°, 69%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DC405A#DC405A

HEX#DC405A

RGBrgb(220, 64, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.251, 0.3529

RGB percentages86.3%, 25.1%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(350, 69%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 70.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 70.9%, 59.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,434,394

CSS custom property--colour: #DC405A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1

Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#23BFA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#69665Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#918656no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F1134Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16.2 Indian red · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 20.6 Firebrick · ΔE 21.4 Light coral · ΔE 23.9 Salmon · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40DCC2

Analogous#DC40A8, #DC7440

Triadic#5ADC40, #405ADC

Split complementary#40DC74, #40A8DC

Tetradic#A8DC40, #40DCC2, #7440DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCECEF

Lighter +30%#F4C1CA

Lighter +20%#EC96A4

Lighter +10%#E46B7F

Darker −10%#C5243F

Darker −20%#9A1C31

Darker −30%#6F1423

Darker −40%#440C16

More saturated +25%#F82447

Less saturated −25%#C05C6D

Channel breakdown

R220

G64

B90

Red220 (86.3%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue350°

Saturation (HSL)69.03%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 40 · B 5A

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