Colour

#DE1028

#DE1028
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE1028 is a red with RGB values 222, 16, 40 and HSL 353°, 87%, 47%. 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

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HEX#DE1028

RGBrgb(222, 16, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.0627, 0.1569

RGB percentages87.1%, 6.3%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(353, 86.6%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 92.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 92.8%, 82%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,553,128

CSS custom property--colour: #DE1028;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.8 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#3E3E3E

Inverted#21EFD7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5526no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D7E1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F5001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 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 11.6 Firebrick · ΔE 18.9 Tomato · ΔE 20.3 Red · ΔE 24.5 Orange red · ΔE 26.2 Brown · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#10DEC6

Analogous#DE108F, #DE5F10

Triadic#28DE10, #1028DE

Split complementary#10DE5F, #108FDE

Tetradic#8FDE10, #10DEC6, #5F10DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAC0C6

Lighter +30%#F7909C

Lighter +20%#F46072

Lighter +10%#F03147

Darker −10%#AE0D1F

Darker −20%#7F0917

Darker −30%#4F060E

Darker −40%#200206

More saturated +25%#EE001C

Less saturated −25%#C02E3F

Channel breakdown

R222

G16

B40

Red222 (87.1%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue353.01°

Saturation (HSL)86.55%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 10 · B 28

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