Recognised as Colour

#DD3950

#DD3950
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DD3950 is a red with RGB values 221, 57, 80 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#DD3950

RGBrgb(221, 57, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.2235, 0.3137

RGB percentages86.7%, 22.4%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(351.6, 70.7%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.6, 74.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 74.2%, 63.8%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,498,128

CSS custom property--colour: #DD3950;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1

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

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#22C6AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676250no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#91854Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F20043no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 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 text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.1 Firebrick · ΔE 18 Indian red · ΔE 19.4 Brown · ΔE 19.6 Tomato · ΔE 24.2 Salmon · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#39DDC6

Analogous#DD39A2, #DD7439

Triadic#50DD39, #3950DD

Split complementary#39DD74, #39A2DD

Tetradic#A2DD39, #39DDC6, #7439DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE7EA

Lighter +30%#F3BCC3

Lighter +20%#EC909D

Lighter +10%#E46576

Darker −10%#C22138

Darker −20%#961A2B

Darker −30%#6B121F

Darker −40%#3F0B12

More saturated +25%#FA1C3B

Less saturated −25%#C05665

Channel breakdown

R221

G57

B80

Red221 (86.7%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue351.59°

Saturation (HSL)70.69%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 39 · B 50

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