Recognised as Colour

#E12215

#E12215
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E12215 is a red with RGB values 225, 34, 21 and HSL 4°, 83%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#E12215#E12215

HEX#E12215

RGBrgb(225, 34, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1333, 0.0824

RGB percentages88.2%, 13.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(3.8, 82.9%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.8, 90.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.9%, 90.7%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,754,325

CSS custom property--colour: #E12215;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17206WCAG 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 4.73:1

Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#1EDDEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#65590Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#928200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F80023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 16.3 Red · ΔE 16.9 Tomato · ΔE 19.8 Crimson · ΔE 22 Firebrick · ΔE 24 Dark red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 16.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15D4E1

Analogous#E1156E, #E18815

Triadic#15E122, #2215E1

Split complementary#15E188, #156EE1

Tetradic#6EE115, #15D4E1, #8815E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FACBC8

Lighter +30%#F69F99

Lighter +20%#F1736B

Lighter +10%#ED473C

Darker −10%#B21B11

Darker −20%#84140C

Darker −30%#550D08

Darker −40%#260604

More saturated +25%#F61000

Less saturated −25%#C23D34

Channel breakdown

R225

G34

B21

Red225 (88.2%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue3.82°

Saturation (HSL)82.93%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 22 · B 15

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