Recognised as Colour

#E23553

#E23553
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E23553 is a red with RGB values 226, 53, 83 and HSL 350°, 75%, 55%. 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#E23553

RGBrgb(226, 53, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2078, 0.3255

RGB percentages88.6%, 20.8%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(349.6, 74.9%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.6, 76.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 76.5%, 63.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,824,787

CSS custom property--colour: #E23553;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#1DCAAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#676353no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#93874Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F80042no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10.4 Firebrick · ΔE 20.3 Indian red · ΔE 22 Brown · ΔE 22.3 Tomato · ΔE 25.6 Salmon · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#35E2C4

Analogous#E235A9, #E26D35

Triadic#53E235, #3553E2

Split complementary#35E26D, #35A9E2

Tetradic#AAE235, #35E2C4, #6E35E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE7EB

Lighter +30%#F5BBC5

Lighter +20%#EF8E9F

Lighter +10%#E86279

Darker −10%#C71D3A

Darker −20%#9B162D

Darker −30%#6E1020

Darker −40%#420913

More saturated +25%#FF1840

Less saturated −25%#C55266

Channel breakdown

R226

G53

B83

Red226 (88.6%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue349.6°

Saturation (HSL)74.89%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 35 · B 53

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