Recognised as Colour

#DD293E

#DD293E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DD293E is a red with RGB values 221, 41, 62 and HSL 353°, 73%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DD293E#DD293E

HEX#DD293E

RGBrgb(221, 41, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.1608, 0.2431

RGB percentages86.7%, 16.1%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(353, 72.6%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 81.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 81.4%, 71.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,494,014

CSS custom property--colour: #DD293E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#22D6C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635B3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8138no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F30033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4 Firebrick · ΔE 15.2 Tomato · ΔE 20.5 Brown · ΔE 21.2 Indian red · ΔE 26 Dark red · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.04, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29DDC8

Analogous#DD2998, #DD6E29

Triadic#3EDD29, #293EDD

Split complementary#29DD6E, #2998DD

Tetradic#98DD29, #29DDC8, #6E29DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D9DD

Lighter +30%#F2ADB5

Lighter +20%#EB818D

Lighter +10%#E45566

Darker −10%#B61D2F

Darker −20%#8A1623

Darker −30%#5E0F18

Darker −40%#32080D

More saturated +25%#FC0A26

Less saturated −25%#BE4856

Channel breakdown

R221

G41

B62

Red221 (86.7%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue353°

Saturation (HSL)72.58%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 29 · B 3E

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