Recognised as Colour

#DE295C

#DE295C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE295C is a red with RGB values 222, 41, 92 and HSL 343°, 73%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#DE295C#DE295C

HEX#DE295C

RGBrgb(222, 41, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1608, 0.3608

RGB percentages87.1%, 16.1%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(343.1, 73.3%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.1, 81.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 81.5%, 58.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,559,580

CSS custom property--colour: #DE295C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1

Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#21D6A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5E5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C8257no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F30040no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 16.6 Indian red · ΔE 25.1 Brown · ΔE 26.4 Firebrick · ΔE 26.4 Deep pink · ΔE 28.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 16.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29DEAB

Analogous#DE29B6, #DE5129

Triadic#5CDE29, #295CDE

Split complementary#29DE51, #29B6DE

Tetradic#B6DE29, #29DEAB, #5129DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9DAE3

Lighter +30%#F2AEC1

Lighter +20%#EC819F

Lighter +10%#E5557E

Darker −10%#B81C48

Darker −20%#8B1637

Darker −30%#5F0F25

Darker −40%#330814

More saturated +25%#FD0A4F

Less saturated −25%#BF4869

Channel breakdown

R222

G41

B92

Red222 (87.1%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue343.09°

Saturation (HSL)73.28%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 29 · B 5C

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