Recognised as Colour

#DE002F

#DE002F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE002F is a red with RGB values 222, 0, 47 and HSL 347°, 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

#DE002F#DE002F

HEX#DE002F

RGBrgb(222, 0, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0, 0.1843

RGB percentages87.1%, 0%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(347.3, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.3, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 78.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,549,039

CSS custom property--colour: #DE002F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#21FFD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B532Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C7D25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F5001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.5 Firebrick · ΔE 18.8 Tomato · ΔE 22.3 Brown · ΔE 27 Red · ΔE 28.1 Dark red · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DEAF

Analogous#DE009E, #DE4000

Triadic#2FDE00, #002FDE

Split complementary#00DE40, #009EDE

Tetradic#9EDE00, #00DEAF, #4000DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFABBD

Lighter +30%#FF7895

Lighter +20%#FF456C

Lighter +10%#FF1244

Darker −10%#AB0024

Darker −20%#780019

Darker −30%#45000F

Darker −40%#120004

More saturated +25%#DE002F

Less saturated −25%#C21C3F

Channel breakdown

R222

B47

Red222 (87.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue347.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 00 · B 2F

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