Colour

#E1173E

#E1173E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E1173E is a red with RGB values 225, 23, 62 and HSL 348°, 81%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#E1173E

RGBrgb(225, 23, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.0902, 0.2431

RGB percentages88.2%, 9%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(348.4, 81.5%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.4, 89.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 89.8%, 72.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,751,550

CSS custom property--colour: #E1173E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#1EE8C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F583Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 76.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8137no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F8002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 1.6 Firebrick · ΔE 18.7 Tomato · ΔE 23.3 Brown · ΔE 24.8 Dark red · ΔE 29.9 Indian red · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 1.57, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17E1BA

Analogous#E117A3, #E15517

Triadic#3EE117, #173EE1

Split complementary#17E155, #17A3E1

Tetradic#A3E117, #17E1BA, #5517E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FACAD3

Lighter +30%#F59CAD

Lighter +20%#F06E87

Lighter +10%#EB4061

Darker −10%#B31231

Darker −20%#840E24

Darker −30%#560918

Darker −40%#28040B

More saturated +25%#F80030

Less saturated −25%#C23651

Channel breakdown

R225

G23

B62

Red225 (88.2%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue348.42°

Saturation (HSL)81.45%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 17 · B 3E

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