Recognised as Colour

#E15E37

#E15E37
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E15E37 is a red with RGB values 225, 94, 55 and HSL 14°, 74%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E15E37#E15E37

HEX#E15E37

RGBrgb(225, 94, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.3686, 0.2157

RGB percentages88.2%, 36.9%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(13.8, 73.9%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.8, 75.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 58.2%, 75.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,769,719

CSS custom property--colour: #E15E37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#1EA1C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#827532no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original

Deuteranopia#A39233no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F74056no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 10.7 Coral · ΔE 11.5 Chocolate · ΔE 15.4 Firebrick · ΔE 20.8 Salmon · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37BAE1

Analogous#E13765, #E1B337

Triadic#37E15E, #5E37E1

Split complementary#37E1B3, #3765E1

Tetradic#65E137, #37BAE1, #B337E1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCEDE8

Lighter +30%#F5C9BC

Lighter +20%#EEA590

Lighter +10%#E88263

Darker −10%#C7451E

Darker −20%#9B3517

Darker −30%#6E2611

Darker −40%#42170A

More saturated +25%#FE4E1A

Less saturated −25%#C46E54

Channel breakdown

R225

G94

B55

Red225 (88.2%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue13.76°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G 5E · B 37

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