Recognised as Colour

#E2275F

#E2275F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2275F is a red with RGB values 226, 39, 95 and HSL 342°, 76%, 52%. 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

#E2275F#E2275F

HEX#E2275F

RGBrgb(226, 39, 95)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1529, 0.3725

RGB percentages88.6%, 15.3%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(342, 76.3%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342, 82.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 82.7%, 58%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,821,215

CSS custom property--colour: #E2275F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#1DD8A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F5F60no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 73.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E845Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F70041no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 17.4 Deep pink · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 26.8 Firebrick · ΔE 28.1 Brown · ΔE 28.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27E2AA

Analogous#E227BD, #E24C27

Triadic#5FE227, #275FE2

Split complementary#27E24C, #27BDE2

Tetradic#BDE227, #27E2AA, #4C27E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FADBE4

Lighter +30%#F4AEC3

Lighter +20%#EE81A2

Lighter +10%#E85480

Darker −10%#BD194A

Darker −20%#901339

Darker −30%#630D27

Darker −40%#360715

More saturated +25%#FF0A53

Less saturated −25%#C3466B

Channel breakdown

R226

G39

B95

Red226 (88.6%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue342.03°

Saturation (HSL)76.33%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 27 · B 5F

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