Recognised as Colour

#E21C06

#E21C06
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E21C06 is a red with RGB values 226, 28, 6 and HSL 6°, 95%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

#E21C06#E21C06

HEX#E21C06

RGBrgb(226, 28, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1098, 0.0235

RGB percentages88.6%, 11%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(6, 94.8%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 97.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 87.6%, 97.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,818,310

CSS custom property--colour: #E21C06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#1DE3F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#645700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#928100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FA001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 13.1 Red · ΔE 13.3 Tomato · ΔE 23 Crimson · ΔE 26.5 Firebrick · ΔE 28.1 Dark red · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06CCE2

Analogous#E2065E, #E28A06

Triadic#06E21C, #1C06E2

Split complementary#06E28A, #065EE2

Tetradic#5EE206, #06CCE2, #8A06E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDBEB7

Lighter +30%#FC9185

Lighter +20%#FA6454

Lighter +10%#F93722

Darker −10%#B01605

Darker −20%#7F1003

Darker −30%#4D0A02

Darker −40%#1B0301

More saturated +25%#E81700

Less saturated −25%#C53323

Channel breakdown

R226

G28

Red226 (88.6%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue6°

Saturation (HSL)94.83%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 1C · B 06

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