Colour

#E1233E

#E1233E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E1233E is a red with RGB values 225, 35, 62 and HSL 351°, 76%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E1233E#E1233E

HEX#E1233E

RGBrgb(225, 35, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1373, 0.2431

RGB percentages88.2%, 13.7%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(351.5, 76%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.5, 84.4%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.4%, 72.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,754,622

CSS custom property--colour: #E1233E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.65:1

Contrast with white4.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#1EDCC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625B3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#908237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F80030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 2.6 Firebrick · ΔE 17.2 Tomato · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 23.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.3 Dark red · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 2.62, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23E1C6

Analogous#E1239D, #E16723

Triadic#3EE123, #233EE1

Split complementary#23E167, #239DE1

Tetradic#9DE123, #23E1C6, #6723E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D7DB

Lighter +30%#F3AAB4

Lighter +20%#ED7D8D

Lighter +10%#E75065

Darker −10%#B81930

Darker −20%#8B1324

Darker −30%#5E0D18

Darker −40%#31070D

More saturated +25%#FF0529

Less saturated −25%#C24254

Channel breakdown

R225

G35

B62

Red225 (88.2%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue351.47°

Saturation (HSL)76%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 23 · B 3E

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