Recognised as Colour

#DE2B41

#DE2B41
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#DE2B41 is a red with RGB values 222, 43, 65 and HSL 353°, 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

#DE2B41#DE2B41

HEX#DE2B41

RGBrgb(222, 43, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1686, 0.2549

RGB percentages87.1%, 16.9%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(352.6, 73.1%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.6, 80.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 80.6%, 70.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,560,065

CSS custom property--colour: #DE2B41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#21D4BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635C40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#90823Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F40035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.3 Firebrick · ΔE 15.7 Tomato · ΔE 20.9 Brown · ΔE 21.1 Indian red · ΔE 25.3 Dark red · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.26, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2BDEC8

Analogous#DE2B9B, #DE6E2B

Triadic#41DE2B, #2B41DE

Split complementary#2BDE6E, #2B9BDE

Tetradic#9BDE2B, #2BDEC8, #6E2BDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9DCDF

Lighter +30%#F3AFB8

Lighter +20%#EC8390

Lighter +10%#E55769

Darker −10%#B91D30

Darker −20%#8D1625

Darker −30%#610F19

Darker −40%#35080E

More saturated +25%#FD0C2A

Less saturated −25%#BF4A58

Channel breakdown

R222

G43

B65

Red222 (87.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue352.63°

Saturation (HSL)73.06%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 2B · B 41

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