Colour

#DE004C

#DE004C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE004C is a red with RGB values 222, 0, 76 and HSL 339°, 100%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DE004C#DE004C

HEX#DE004C

RGBrgb(222, 0, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0, 0.298

RGB percentages87.1%, 0%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(339.5, 100%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.5, 100%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 65.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,549,068

CSS custom property--colour: #DE004C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#21FFB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#57554Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 78 from the original

Deuteranopia#897E46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.1 Firebrick · ΔE 24 Brown · ΔE 26.9 Indian red · ΔE 29.9 Tomato · ΔE 31.5 Deep pink · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DE92

Analogous#DE00BB, #DE2300

Triadic#4CDE00, #004CDE

Split complementary#00DE23, #00BBDE

Tetradic#BBDE00, #00DE92, #2300DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFABC8

Lighter +30%#FF78A6

Lighter +20%#FF4585

Lighter +10%#FF1263

Darker −10%#AB003B

Darker −20%#780029

Darker −30%#450018

Darker −40%#120006

More saturated +25%#DE004C

Less saturated −25%#C21C55

Channel breakdown

R222

B76

Red222 (87.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue339.46°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 00 · B 4C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#DE004C

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else