Colour

#E21C7D

#E21C7D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Deep pink

#E21C7D is a red with RGB values 226, 28, 125 and HSL 331°, 78%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#E21C7D#E21C7D

HEX#E21C7D

RGBrgb(226, 28, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1098, 0.4902

RGB percentages88.6%, 11%, 49%

HSLhsl(330.6, 78%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330.6, 87.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 87.6%, 44.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,818,429

CSS custom property--colour: #E21C7D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1

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

Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#1DE382

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#53607Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#878479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 76.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F5004Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 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 text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 11.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 15 Hot pink · ΔE 20.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.6 Crimson · ΔE 35.8 Indian red · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 11.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1CE281

Analogous#E21CE0, #E21E1C

Triadic#7DE21C, #1C7DE2

Split complementary#1CE21E, #1CE0E2

Tetradic#E0E21C, #1CE281, #1E1CE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9D1E5

Lighter +30%#F4A3CB

Lighter +20%#EE76B1

Lighter +10%#E84997

Darker −10%#B51664

Darker −20%#87114B

Darker −30%#5A0B32

Darker −40%#2C0619

More saturated +25%#FE007C

Less saturated −25%#C23C7E

Channel breakdown

R226

G28

B125

Red226 (88.6%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue330.61°

Saturation (HSL)77.95%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 1C · B 7D

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