Recognised as Colour

#E12970

#E12970
Red
Dark
Nearest: Deep pink

#E12970 is a red with RGB values 225, 41, 112 and HSL 337°, 75%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#E12970#E12970

HEX#E12970

RGBrgb(225, 41, 112)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1608, 0.4392

RGB percentages88.2%, 16.1%, 43.9%

HSLhsl(336.8, 75.4%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.8, 81.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 81.8%, 50.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,756,208

CSS custom property--colour: #E12970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#1ED68F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B6171no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B856Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74 from the original

Tritanopia#F5004Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 18.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 22.5 Hot pink · ΔE 24 Crimson · ΔE 27.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.4 Indian red · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 18.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29E19A

Analogous#E129CC, #E13E29

Triadic#70E129, #2970E1

Split complementary#29E13E, #29CCE1

Tetradic#CCE129, #29E19A, #3E29E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADCE8

Lighter +30%#F4AFCA

Lighter +20%#EE82AC

Lighter +10%#E7568E

Darker −10%#BD1A59

Darker −20%#901444

Darker −30%#630E2F

Darker −40%#36081A

More saturated +25%#FF0B69

Less saturated −25%#C34877

Channel breakdown

R225

G41

B112

Red225 (88.2%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue112 (43.9%)

Hue336.85°

Saturation (HSL)75.41%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 29 · B 70

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