Colour

#E05223

#E05223
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E05223 is a red with RGB values 224, 82, 35 and HSL 15°, 75%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E05223#E05223

HEX#E05223

RGBrgb(224, 82, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.3216, 0.1373

RGB percentages87.8%, 32.2%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(14.9, 75.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(14.9, 84.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 63.4%, 84.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,701,091

CSS custom property--colour: #E05223;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#1FADDC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B6D1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8D1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Tritanopia#F72949no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 12.1 Chocolate · ΔE 16.6 Coral · ΔE 16.8 Orange red · ΔE 21.1 Firebrick · ΔE 22.3 Crimson · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23B1E0

Analogous#E02352, #E0B123

Triadic#23E052, #5223E0

Split complementary#23E0B1, #2352E0

Tetradic#52E023, #23B1E0, #B123E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9DFD6

Lighter +30%#F3BBA9

Lighter +20%#ED987C

Lighter +10%#E67550

Darker −10%#B6411A

Darker −20%#8A3113

Darker −30%#5D210D

Darker −40%#301107

More saturated +25%#FF4204

Less saturated −25%#C16242

Channel breakdown

R224

G82

B35

Red224 (87.8%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue14.92°

Saturation (HSL)75.3%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G 52 · B 23

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