Recognised as Colour

#DE292E

#DE292E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE292E is a red with RGB values 222, 41, 46 and HSL 358°, 73%, 52%. 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

#DE292E#DE292E

HEX#DE292E

RGBrgb(222, 41, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1608, 0.1804

RGB percentages87.1%, 16.1%, 18%

HSLhsl(358.3, 73.3%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.3, 81.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 81.5%, 79.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,559,534

CSS custom property--colour: #DE292E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.3 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#505050

Inverted#21D6D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655B2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#918125no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F5002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 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 10.8 Firebrick · ΔE 15.8 Tomato · ΔE 16.6 Brown · ΔE 24.3 Dark red · ΔE 26.2 Orange red · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29DED9

Analogous#DE2988, #DE7F29

Triadic#2EDE29, #292EDE

Split complementary#29DE7F, #2988DE

Tetradic#88DE29, #29DED9, #7F29DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9DADB

Lighter +30%#F2AEAF

Lighter +20%#EC8184

Lighter +10%#E55559

Darker −10%#B81C21

Darker −20%#8B1619

Darker −30%#5F0F11

Darker −40%#330809

More saturated +25%#FD0A11

Less saturated −25%#BF484B

Channel breakdown

R222

G41

B46

Red222 (87.1%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue358.34°

Saturation (HSL)73.28%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 29 · B 2E

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