Recognised as Colour

#E23714

#E23714
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E23714 is a red with RGB values 226, 55, 20 and HSL 10°, 84%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orange red.

Colour values

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HEX#E23714

RGBrgb(226, 55, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.2157, 0.0784

RGB percentages88.6%, 21.6%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(10.2, 83.7%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.2, 91.2%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 75.7%, 91.2%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,825,236

CSS custom property--colour: #E23714;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18952WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1

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

Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#1DC8EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E6008no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#978600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F90032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 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 text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 14.1 Tomato · ΔE 17 Red · ΔE 19.3 Firebrick · ΔE 24.1 Crimson · ΔE 25.1 Coral · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14BFE2

Analogous#E21458, #E29E14

Triadic#14E237, #3714E2

Split complementary#14E29E, #1458E2

Tetradic#58E214, #14BFE2, #9E14E2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAD0C8

Lighter +30%#F6A999

Lighter +20%#F2816A

Lighter +10%#EE5A3B

Darker −10%#B32C10

Darker −20%#84200C

Darker −30%#551508

Darker −40%#270903

More saturated +25%#F62A00

Less saturated −25%#C34B33

Channel breakdown

R226

G55

B20

Red226 (88.6%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue10.19°

Saturation (HSL)83.74%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G 37 · B 14

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