Recognised as Colour

#DD2A45

#DD2A45
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DD2A45 is a red with RGB values 221, 42, 69 and HSL 351°, 72%, 52%. 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

#DD2A45#DD2A45

HEX#DD2A45

RGBrgb(221, 42, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.1647, 0.2706

RGB percentages86.7%, 16.5%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(350.9, 72.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.9, 81%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 81%, 68.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,494,277

CSS custom property--colour: #DD2A45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.68:1

Contrast with white4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#525252

Inverted#22D5BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625C45no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E813Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F30036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.1 Firebrick · ΔE 16.7 Brown · ΔE 21 Tomato · ΔE 22.9 Indian red · ΔE 24.4 Dark red · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2ADDC2

Analogous#DD2A9E, #DD692A

Triadic#45DD2A, #2A45DD

Split complementary#2ADD69, #2A9EDD

Tetradic#9FDD2A, #2ADDC2, #692ADD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9DADF

Lighter +30%#F2AEB8

Lighter +20%#EB8292

Lighter +10%#E4566B

Darker −10%#B71D34

Darker −20%#8B1628

Darker −30%#5F0F1B

Darker −40%#33080F

More saturated +25%#FC0B2F

Less saturated −25%#BE495B

Channel breakdown

R221

G42

B69

Red221 (86.7%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue350.95°

Saturation (HSL)72.47%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 2A · B 45

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