Recognised as Colour

#E23642

#E23642
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E23642 is a red with RGB values 226, 54, 66 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

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HEX#E23642

RGBrgb(226, 54, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2118, 0.2588

RGB percentages88.6%, 21.2%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(355.8, 74.8%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.8, 76.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 76.1%, 70.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,825,026

CSS custom property--colour: #E23642;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1

Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#1DC9BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A6241no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#95873Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F8003Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 7 Firebrick · ΔE 15.3 Tomato · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 21 Indian red · ΔE 24.3 Salmon · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36E2D6

Analogous#E23698, #E28036

Triadic#42E236, #3642E2

Split complementary#36E280, #3698E2

Tetradic#98E236, #36E2D6, #8036E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCE8EA

Lighter +30%#F5BCC0

Lighter +20%#EF8F96

Lighter +10%#E8636C

Darker −10%#C81D29

Darker −20%#9C1620

Darker −30%#6F1017

Darker −40%#420A0E

More saturated +25%#FF1929

Less saturated −25%#C5535B

Channel breakdown

R226

G54

B66

Red226 (88.6%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue355.81°

Saturation (HSL)74.78%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 36 · B 42

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