Recognised as Colour

#E23440

#E23440
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E23440 is a red with RGB values 226, 52, 64 and HSL 356°, 75%, 55%. 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

#E23440#E23440

HEX#E23440

RGBrgb(226, 52, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2039, 0.251

RGB percentages88.6%, 20.4%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(355.9, 75%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.9, 77%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 77%, 71.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,824,512

CSS custom property--colour: #E23440;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1

Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#1DCBBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#69613Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#94863Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F9003Ano 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 text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.7 Firebrick · ΔE 15.3 Tomato · ΔE 17.6 Brown · ΔE 21.5 Indian red · ΔE 25.2 Salmon · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34E2D6

Analogous#E23497, #E27F34

Triadic#40E234, #3440E2

Split complementary#34E27F, #3497E2

Tetradic#97E234, #34E2D6, #7F34E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE6E8

Lighter +30%#F5BABE

Lighter +20%#EF8D94

Lighter +10%#E8616A

Darker −10%#C71C28

Darker −20%#9A161F

Darker −30%#6D1016

Darker −40%#41090D

More saturated +25%#FF1727

Less saturated −25%#C55159

Channel breakdown

R226

G52

B64

Red226 (88.6%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue355.86°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 34 · B 40

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