#C50000

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Firebrick.

About #C50000

At its core, #C50000 is a dark and vivid hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Firebrick. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 0 green, and 0 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C50000
RGB197, 0, 0
HSL0.0°, 100.0%, 38.6%
CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 23%
HSV0.0°, 100.0%, 77.3%
LAB41.0, 66.0, 55.4
XYZ23.0, 11.9, 1.1
Decimal12910592

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.22:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.37:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.95:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.87:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C50000; }
.text-color { color: #C50000; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #C50000; }

Similar Colors

Firebrick
#B22222