Colour

#E12F45

#E12F45
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E12F45 is a red with RGB values 225, 47, 69 and HSL 353°, 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

#E12F45#E12F45

HEX#E12F45

RGBrgb(225, 47, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.1843, 0.2706

RGB percentages88.2%, 18.4%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(352.6, 74.8%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.6, 79.1%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 79.1%, 69.3%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,757,701

CSS custom property--colour: #E12F45;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#1ED0BA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665F44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#92853Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 72.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F70039no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 5.1 Firebrick · ΔE 16.6 Tomato · ΔE 20.9 Brown · ΔE 21.6 Indian red · ΔE 24.7 Salmon · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2FE1CB

Analogous#E12F9E, #E1722F

Triadic#45E12F, #2F45E1

Split complementary#2FE172, #2F9EE1

Tetradic#9EE12F, #2FE1CB, #722FE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE1E4

Lighter +30%#F4B5BD

Lighter +20%#EE8895

Lighter +10%#E75C6D

Darker −10%#C11C30

Darker −20%#951525

Darker −30%#680F1A

Darker −40%#3B090F

More saturated +25%#FF112F

Less saturated −25%#C34D5B

Channel breakdown

R225

G47

B69

Red225 (88.2%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue352.58°

Saturation (HSL)74.79%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 2F · B 45

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