Colour

#DE002D

#DE002D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE002D is a red with RGB values 222, 0, 45 and HSL 348°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DE002D#DE002D

HEX#DE002D

RGBrgb(222, 0, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0, 0.1765

RGB percentages87.1%, 0%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(347.8, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.8, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 79.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,549,037

CSS custom property--colour: #DE002D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#21FFD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C532Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7D23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F5001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 8.6 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Tomato · ΔE 22.1 Red · ΔE 27.1 Brown · ΔE 27.4 Dark red · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DEB1

Analogous#DE009C, #DE4200

Triadic#2DDE00, #002DDE

Split complementary#00DE42, #009CDE

Tetradic#9CDE00, #00DEB1, #4200DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFABBC

Lighter +30%#FF7893

Lighter +20%#FF456B

Lighter +10%#FF1242

Darker −10%#AB0023

Darker −20%#780018

Darker −30%#45000E

Darker −40%#120004

More saturated +25%#DE002D

Less saturated −25%#C21C3E

Channel breakdown

R222

B45

Red222 (87.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue347.84°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 00 · B 2D

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