Recognised as Colour

#E2315B

#E2315B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E2315B is a red with RGB values 226, 49, 91 and HSL 346°, 75%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E2315B#E2315B

HEX#E2315B

RGBrgb(226, 49, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.1922, 0.3569

RGB percentages88.6%, 19.2%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(345.8, 75.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.8, 78.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 78.3%, 59.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,823,771

CSS custom property--colour: #E2315B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#1DCEA4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64625Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#918656no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F70043no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.5 Indian red · ΔE 23.5 Firebrick · ΔE 24.5 Brown · ΔE 25.1 Light coral · ΔE 29.6 Salmon · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#31E2B8

Analogous#E231B3, #E25F31

Triadic#5BE231, #315BE2

Split complementary#31E25F, #31B3E2

Tetradic#B4E231, #31E2B8, #6031E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE4E9

Lighter +30%#F5B7C6

Lighter +20%#EF8AA2

Lighter +10%#E85E7F

Darker −10%#C41C44

Darker −20%#981534

Darker −30%#6B0F25

Darker −40%#3E0915

More saturated +25%#FF144C

Less saturated −25%#C54E6A

Channel breakdown

R226

G49

B91

Red226 (88.6%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue345.76°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 31 · B 5B

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