Recognised as Colour

#E23359

#E23359
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E23359 is a red with RGB values 226, 51, 89 and HSL 347°, 75%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

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HEX#E23359

RGBrgb(226, 51, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2, 0.349

RGB percentages88.6%, 20%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(347, 75.1%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347, 77.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 77.4%, 60.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,824,281

CSS custom property--colour: #E23359;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1

Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#1DCCA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#656259no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#918654no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F80043no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 13.3 Indian red · ΔE 22.7 Firebrick · ΔE 23.2 Brown · ΔE 24.1 Salmon · ΔE 28.6 Light coral · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#33E2BC

Analogous#E233B1, #E26533

Triadic#59E233, #3359E2

Split complementary#33E265, #33B1E2

Tetradic#B0E233, #33E2BC, #6433E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE6EA

Lighter +30%#F5B9C6

Lighter +20%#EF8CA2

Lighter +10%#E8607D

Darker −10%#C61C41

Darker −20%#991632

Darker −30%#6D0F24

Darker −40%#400915

More saturated +25%#FF1649

Less saturated −25%#C55069

Channel breakdown

R226

G51

B89

Red226 (88.6%)

Green51 (20%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue346.97°

Saturation (HSL)75.11%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 33 · B 59

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