Recognised as Colour

#DE252C

#DE252C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE252C is a red with RGB values 222, 37, 44 and HSL 358°, 74%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DE252C#DE252C

HEX#DE252C

RGBrgb(222, 37, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1451, 0.1725

RGB percentages87.1%, 14.5%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(357.7, 73.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.7, 83.3%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 83.3%, 80.2%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,558,508

CSS custom property--colour: #DE252C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#21DAD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63592Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#908123no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F5002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.1 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5 Tomato · ΔE 17.3 Brown · ΔE 25.2 Orange red · ΔE 26.4 Red · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25DED7

Analogous#DE2588, #DE7B25

Triadic#2CDE25, #252CDE

Split complementary#25DE7B, #2588DE

Tetradic#88DE25, #25DED7, #7B25DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D6D7

Lighter +30%#F2AAAD

Lighter +20%#EB7E82

Lighter +10%#E55157

Darker −10%#B51B21

Darker −20%#881519

Darker −30%#5C0E11

Darker −40%#300709

More saturated +25%#FD060F

Less saturated −25%#BF4449

Channel breakdown

R222

G37

B44

Red222 (87.1%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue357.73°

Saturation (HSL)73.71%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 25 · B 2C

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