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Recognised as Colour

#E23479

  • #E23479
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep pink

#E23479 is a red with RGB values 226, 52, 121 and HSL 336°, 75%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep pink.

Colour values

#E23479#E23479
HEX#E23479
RGBrgb(226, 52, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2039, 0.4745
RGB percentages88.6%, 20.4%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(336.2, 75%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336.2, 77%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 77%, 46.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,824,569
CSS custom property--colour: #E23479;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#1DCB86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E667Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D8875no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 71.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F60253no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep pink · ΔE 18Medium violet red · ΔE 19.7Hot pink · ΔE 20.1Pale violetred · ΔE 25.6Crimson · ΔE 30.8Indian red · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep pink (#FF1493)ΔE 17.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#34E29D
Analogous#E234D0, #E24634
Triadic#79E234, #3479E2
Split complementary#34E246, #34D0E2
Tetradic#D0E234, #34E29D, #4634E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBE6EF
Lighter +30%#F5BAD1
Lighter +20%#EF8DB4
Lighter +10%#E86196
Darker −10%#C71C60
Darker −20%#9A164A
Darker −30%#6D1035
Darker −40%#41091F
More saturated +25%#FF1773
Less saturated −25%#C5517F

Channel breakdown

R226
G52
B121
Red226 (88.6%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue336.21°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G 34 · B 79

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