Recognised as Colour

#E23508

#E23508
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E23508 is a red with RGB values 226, 53, 8 and HSL 12°, 93%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

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HEX#E23508

RGBrgb(226, 53, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2078, 0.0314

RGB percentages88.6%, 20.8%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(12.4, 93.2%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.4, 96.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 76.5%, 96.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,824,712

CSS custom property--colour: #E23508;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#1DCAF7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D5F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#978600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FA002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 11.6 Red · ΔE 17.5 Tomato · ΔE 19.5 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9 Chocolate · ΔE 28 Crimson · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#08B5E2

Analogous#E20848, #E2A208

Triadic#08E235, #3508E2

Split complementary#08E2A2, #0848E2

Tetradic#48E208, #08B5E2, #A208E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDC7B9

Lighter +30%#FBA088

Lighter +20%#F97857

Lighter +10%#F75126

Darker −10%#B12906

Darker −20%#7F1E05

Darker −30%#4E1203

Darker −40%#1D0701

More saturated +25%#EA3000

Less saturated −25%#C54625

Channel breakdown

R226

G53

Red226 (88.6%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue12.39°

Saturation (HSL)93.16%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 35 · B 08

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