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Recognised as Colour

#DD005D

  • #DD005D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Crimson

#DD005D is a red with RGB values 221, 0, 93 and HSL 335°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DD005D#DD005D
HEX#DD005D
RGBrgb(221, 0, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0, 0.3647
RGB percentages86.7%, 0%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(334.8, 100%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.8, 100%, 86.7%)
CMYK0%, 100%, 57.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,483,549
CSS custom property--colour: #DD005D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#22FFA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#54565Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#877E58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F20036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 20.4Deep pink · ΔE 23.4Medium violet red · ΔE 29.1Firebrick · ΔE 31.6Indian red · ΔE 31.7Brown · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 20.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#00DD80
Analogous#DD00CC, #DD1100
Triadic#5DDD00, #005DDD
Split complementary#00DD11, #00CCDD
Tetradic#CCDD00, #00DD80, #1100DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFAACE
Lighter +30%#FF77B0
Lighter +20%#FF4493
Lighter +10%#FF1175
Darker −10%#AA0048
Darker −20%#770032
Darker −30%#44001D
Darker −40%#110007
More saturated +25%#DD005D
Less saturated −25%#C11C61

Channel breakdown

R221
G0
B93
Red221 (86.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue334.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DD · G 00 · B 5D

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