Recognised as Colour

#DC4F42

#DC4F42
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#DC4F42 is a red with RGB values 220, 79, 66 and HSL 5°, 69%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#DC4F42#DC4F42

HEX#DC4F42

RGBrgb(220, 79, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.3098, 0.2588

RGB percentages86.3%, 31%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(5.1, 68.8%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.1, 70%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 64.1%, 70%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,438,210

CSS custom property--colour: #DC4F42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#23B0BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766C40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#998A3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F12C4Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 13.3 Firebrick · ΔE 14.2 Brown · ΔE 17.7 Indian red · ΔE 17.9 Crimson · ΔE 18.1 Salmon · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#42CFDC

Analogous#DC4282, #DC9C42

Triadic#42DC4F, #4F42DC

Split complementary#42DC9C, #4282DC

Tetradic#82DC42, #42CFDC, #9C42DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCEFEE

Lighter +30%#F4C7C3

Lighter +20%#EC9F98

Lighter +10%#E4776D

Darker −10%#C63225

Darker −20%#9B271D

Darker −30%#701D15

Darker −40%#45120D

More saturated +25%#F83826

Less saturated −25%#C0665E

Channel breakdown

R220

G79

B66

Red220 (86.3%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue5.06°

Saturation (HSL)68.75%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 4F · B 42

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