Recognised as Colour

#E31435

#E31435
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E31435 is a red with RGB values 227, 20, 53 and HSL 350°, 84%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E31435#E31435

HEX#E31435

RGBrgb(227, 20, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.0784, 0.2078

RGB percentages89%, 7.8%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(350.4, 83.8%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.4, 91.2%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 91.2%, 76.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,881,845

CSS custom property--colour: #E31435;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#1CEBCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#605834no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 77.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#90822Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 77.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FA0026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

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

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 6.3 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Tomato · ΔE 21.2 Brown · ΔE 26.8 Red · ΔE 29.1 Dark red · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14E3C2

Analogous#E3149D, #E35A14

Triadic#35E314, #1435E3

Split complementary#14E35A, #149DE3

Tetradic#9DE314, #14E3C2, #5A14E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAC9D1

Lighter +30%#F69AA9

Lighter +20%#F26B81

Lighter +10%#EE3C58

Darker −10%#B4102A

Darker −20%#850C1F

Darker −30%#560814

Darker −40%#280309

More saturated +25%#F70027

Less saturated −25%#C4334A

Channel breakdown

R227

G20

B53

Red227 (89%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue350.43°

Saturation (HSL)83.81%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 14 · B 35

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