Recognised as Colour

#E12D68

#E12D68
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E12D68 is a red with RGB values 225, 45, 104 and HSL 340°, 75%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E12D68#E12D68

HEX#E12D68

RGBrgb(225, 45, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1765, 0.4078

RGB percentages88.2%, 17.6%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(340.3, 75%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.3, 80%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 80%, 53.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,757,224

CSS custom property--colour: #E12D68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18884WCAG 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 4.78:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#1ED297

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F6169no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8564no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F60047no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 22.3 Deep pink · ΔE 23.4 Indian red · ΔE 27.2 Hot pink · ΔE 27.4 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 22.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DE1A6

Analogous#E12DC2, #E14C2D

Triadic#68E12D, #2D68E1

Split complementary#2DE14C, #2DC2E1

Tetradic#C2E12D, #2DE1A6, #4C2DE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDFE8

Lighter +30%#F4B3C8

Lighter +20%#EE86A8

Lighter +10%#E75A88

Darker −10%#C01B51

Darker −20%#93153E

Darker −30%#660F2B

Darker −40%#3A0818

More saturated +25%#FF0F5E

Less saturated −25%#C34B72

Channel breakdown

R225

G45

B104

Red225 (88.2%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue340.33°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 2D · B 68

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Colour values

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