Recognised as Colour

#DC4548

#DC4548
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DC4548 is a red with RGB values 220, 69, 72 and HSL 359°, 68%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DC4548#DC4548

HEX#DC4548

RGBrgb(220, 69, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.2706, 0.2824

RGB percentages86.3%, 27.1%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(358.8, 68.3%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.8, 68.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 68.6%, 67.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,435,656

CSS custom property--colour: #DC4548;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#23BAB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6747no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#958743no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63 from the original

Tritanopia#F11748no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.2 Firebrick · ΔE 14 Brown · ΔE 16.9 Indian red · ΔE 17.2 Tomato · ΔE 17.6 Salmon · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#45DCD9

Analogous#DC4594, #DC8D45

Triadic#48DC45, #4548DC

Split complementary#45DC8D, #4594DC

Tetradic#94DC45, #45DCD9, #8D45DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF1F1

Lighter +30%#F4C6C7

Lighter +20%#EC9B9C

Lighter +10%#E47072

Darker −10%#C82629

Darker −20%#9D1E20

Darker −30%#721617

Darker −40%#480D0F

More saturated +25%#F8292D

Less saturated −25%#C06163

Channel breakdown

R220

G69

B72

Red220 (86.3%)

Green69 (27.1%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue358.81°

Saturation (HSL)68.33%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 45 · B 48

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