Recognised as Colour

#E12860

#E12860
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E12860 is a red with RGB values 225, 40, 96 and HSL 342°, 76%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E12860#E12860

HEX#E12860

RGBrgb(225, 40, 96)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1569, 0.3765

RGB percentages88.2%, 15.7%, 37.6%

HSLhsl(341.8, 75.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.8, 82.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 82.2%, 57.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,755,936

CSS custom property--colour: #E12860;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#1ED79F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E5F61no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D845Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F60042no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 18.2 Deep pink · ΔE 26.3 Indian red · ΔE 26.6 Brown · ΔE 28.4 Firebrick · ΔE 28.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 18.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28E1A9

Analogous#E128BD, #E14C28

Triadic#60E128, #2860E1

Split complementary#28E14C, #28BDE1

Tetradic#BDE128, #28E1A9, #4C28E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADBE4

Lighter +30%#F4AEC3

Lighter +20%#ED82A2

Lighter +10%#E75581

Darker −10%#BC1A4B

Darker −20%#8F1439

Darker −30%#620E27

Darker −40%#360715

More saturated +25%#FF0A54

Less saturated −25%#C2476C

Channel breakdown

R225

G40

B96

Red225 (88.2%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue96 (37.6%)

Hue341.84°

Saturation (HSL)75.51%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 28 · B 60

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