Recognised as Colour

#E2253D

#E2253D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2253D is a red with RGB values 226, 37, 61 and HSL 352°, 77%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E2253D#E2253D

HEX#E2253D

RGBrgb(226, 37, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1451, 0.2392

RGB percentages88.6%, 14.5%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(352.4, 76.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.4, 83.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 83.6%, 73%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,820,669

CSS custom property--colour: #E2253D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17829WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#1DDAC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635C3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#918336no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F90031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 3.5 Firebrick · ΔE 17.1 Tomato · ΔE 20.3 Brown · ΔE 23.7 Indian red · ΔE 28.6 Dark red · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 3.54, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25E2CA

Analogous#E2259B, #E26C25

Triadic#3DE225, #253DE2

Split complementary#25E26C, #259BE2

Tetradic#9BE225, #25E2CA, #6C25E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAD9DD

Lighter +30%#F4ACB5

Lighter +20%#EE7F8D

Lighter +10%#E85265

Darker −10%#BB192D

Darker −20%#8E1323

Darker −30%#610D18

Darker −40%#34070D

More saturated +25%#FF0827

Less saturated −25%#C34454

Channel breakdown

R226

G37

B61

Red226 (88.6%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue352.38°

Saturation (HSL)76.52%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 25 · B 3D

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