#C50707

A medium, vivid red closely aligning with Firebrick.

About #C50707

When working with digital screens, the color #C50707 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Firebrick. Its digital footprint relies on 197 parts red, 7 parts green, and 7 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 96% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 0.0° hue, 93.1% saturation, and 40.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C50707
RGB197, 7, 7
HSL0.0°, 93.1%, 40.0%
CMYK0%, 96%, 96%, 23%
HSV0.0°, 96.4%, 77.3%
LAB41.3, 65.3, 53.0
XYZ23.1, 12.0, 1.3
Decimal12912391

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.16:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.41:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.89:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.90:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C50707; }
.text-color { color: #C50707; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #C50707; }

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