Recognised as Colour

#DE244B

#DE244B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE244B is a red with RGB values 222, 36, 75 and HSL 347°, 74%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DE244B#DE244B

HEX#DE244B

RGBrgb(222, 36, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1412, 0.2941

RGB percentages87.1%, 14.1%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(347.4, 73.8%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.4, 83.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 83.8%, 66.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,558,283

CSS custom property--colour: #DE244B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#21DBB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5B4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8145no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F40036no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7.3 Firebrick · ΔE 19.8 Brown · ΔE 22.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.3 Tomato · ΔE 26.6 Salmon · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24DEB7

Analogous#DE24A8, #DE5A24

Triadic#4BDE24, #244BDE

Split complementary#24DE5A, #24A8DE

Tetradic#A8DE24, #24DEB7, #5A24DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D5DD

Lighter +30%#F2A9B8

Lighter +20%#EB7D94

Lighter +10%#E5506F

Darker −10%#B41B3B

Darker −20%#88142D

Darker −30%#5B0E1E

Darker −40%#2F070F

More saturated +25%#FE0439

Less saturated −25%#BF435D

Channel breakdown

R222

G36

B75

Red222 (87.1%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue347.42°

Saturation (HSL)73.81%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 24 · B 4B

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