Recognised as Colour

#E12D44

#E12D44
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E12D44 is a red with RGB values 225, 45, 68 and HSL 352°, 75%, 53%. 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

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HEX#E12D44

RGBrgb(225, 45, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1765, 0.2667

RGB percentages88.2%, 17.6%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(352.3, 75%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 80%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 80%, 69.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,757,188

CSS custom property--colour: #E12D44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1

Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#1ED2BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655E43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72 from the original

Deuteranopia#92843Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F70038no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 4.5 Firebrick · ΔE 16.7 Tomato · ΔE 21.1 Brown · ΔE 21.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.3 Salmon · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 4.48, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DE1CA

Analogous#E12D9E, #E1702D

Triadic#44E12D, #2D44E1

Split complementary#2DE170, #2D9EE1

Tetradic#9EE12D, #2DE1CA, #702DE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDFE3

Lighter +30%#F4B3BB

Lighter +20%#EE8693

Lighter +10%#E75A6C

Darker −10%#C01B30

Darker −20%#931525

Darker −30%#660F1A

Darker −40%#3A080F

More saturated +25%#FF0F2E

Less saturated −25%#C34B5A

Channel breakdown

R225

G45

B68

Red225 (88.2%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue352.33°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 2D · B 44

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