Recognised as Colour

#DD472E

#DD472E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#DD472E is a red with RGB values 221, 71, 46 and HSL 9°, 72%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#DD472E#DD472E

HEX#DD472E

RGBrgb(221, 71, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.2784, 0.1804

RGB percentages86.7%, 27.8%, 18%

HSLhsl(8.6, 72%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 79.2%, 86.7%)

CMYK0%, 67.9%, 79.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,501,678

CSS custom property--colour: #DD472E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#22B8D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#73672Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#988827no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F31242no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 10.3 Firebrick · ΔE 15.7 Coral · ΔE 19.4 Crimson · ΔE 19.7 Chocolate · ΔE 22.8 Brown · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2EC4DD

Analogous#DD2E6D, #DD9E2E

Triadic#2EDD47, #472EDD

Split complementary#2EDD9F, #2E6DDD

Tetradic#6DDD2E, #2EC4DD, #9E2EDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE1DD

Lighter +30%#F2BBB2

Lighter +20%#EB9486

Lighter +10%#E46E5A

Darker −10%#BA341E

Darker −20%#8E2817

Darker −30%#621C10

Darker −40%#360F09

More saturated +25%#FB3110

Less saturated −25%#BF5D4C

Channel breakdown

R221

G71

B46

Red221 (86.7%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue8.57°

Saturation (HSL)72.02%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DD · G 47 · B 2E

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