Recognised as Colour

#DD394F

#DD394F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DD394F is a red with RGB values 221, 57, 79 and HSL 352°, 71%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#DD394F

RGBrgb(221, 57, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.2235, 0.3098

RGB percentages86.7%, 22.4%, 31%

HSLhsl(352, 70.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352, 74.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 74.2%, 64.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,498,127

CSS custom property--colour: #DD394F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#22C6B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#68624Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#91854Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68 from the original

Tritanopia#F20043no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.8 Firebrick · ΔE 17.6 Brown · ΔE 19.4 Indian red · ΔE 19.5 Tomato · ΔE 23.7 Salmon · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#39DDC7

Analogous#DD39A1, #DD7539

Triadic#4FDD39, #394FDD

Split complementary#39DD75, #39A1DD

Tetradic#A1DD39, #39DDC7, #7539DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE7EA

Lighter +30%#F3BCC3

Lighter +20%#EC909C

Lighter +10%#E46576

Darker −10%#C22137

Darker −20%#961A2A

Darker −30%#6B121E

Darker −40%#3F0B12

More saturated +25%#FA1C3A

Less saturated −25%#C05664

Channel breakdown

R221

G57

B79

Red221 (86.7%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue351.95°

Saturation (HSL)70.69%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 39 · B 4F

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