Recognised as Colour

#E04D28

#E04D28
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E04D28 is a red with RGB values 224, 77, 40 and HSL 12°, 75%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E04D28#E04D28

HEX#E04D28

RGBrgb(224, 77, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.302, 0.1569

RGB percentages87.8%, 30.2%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(12.1, 74.8%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.1, 82.1%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 65.6%, 82.1%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,699,816

CSS custom property--colour: #E04D28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.26:1

Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#1FB2D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786B22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C8B21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F71F46no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 10.4 Coral · ΔE 17.7 Chocolate · ΔE 19.5 Firebrick · ΔE 19.6 Orange red · ΔE 22.1 Crimson · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28BBE0

Analogous#E0285F, #E0A928

Triadic#28E04D, #4D28E0

Split complementary#28E0A9, #285FE0

Tetradic#5FE028, #28BBE0, #A928E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAE1DA

Lighter +30%#F3BCAE

Lighter +20%#ED9781

Lighter +10%#E67255

Darker −10%#BA3B1B

Darker −20%#8E2D14

Darker −30%#611F0E

Darker −40%#341108

More saturated +25%#FF3B09

Less saturated −25%#C15F47

Channel breakdown

R224

G77

B40

Red224 (87.8%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue12.07°

Saturation (HSL)74.8%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 4D · B 28

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