Recognised as Colour

#DD3245

#DD3245
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DD3245 is a red with RGB values 221, 50, 69 and HSL 353°, 72%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DD3245#DD3245

HEX#DD3245

RGBrgb(221, 50, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.1961, 0.2706

RGB percentages86.7%, 19.6%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(353.3, 71.5%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.3, 77.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 77.4%, 68.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,496,325

CSS custom property--colour: #DD3245;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1

Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#22CDBA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655F44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#90833Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70 from the original

Tritanopia#F3003Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.7 Firebrick · ΔE 15.3 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Tomato · ΔE 21 Indian red · ΔE 22.7 Salmon · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32DDCA

Analogous#DD329B, #DD7432

Triadic#45DD32, #3245DD

Split complementary#32DD74, #329BDD

Tetradic#9BDD32, #32DDCA, #7432DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE1E4

Lighter +30%#F3B5BC

Lighter +20%#EC8994

Lighter +10%#E45E6D

Darker −10%#BD1F31

Darker −20%#911825

Darker −30%#65111A

Darker −40%#390A0F

More saturated +25%#FB142E

Less saturated −25%#BF505C

Channel breakdown

R221

G50

B69

Red221 (86.7%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue353.33°

Saturation (HSL)71.55%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 32 · B 45

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