Recognised as Colour

#E3233F

#E3233F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E3233F is a red with RGB values 227, 35, 63 and HSL 351°, 77%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E3233F#E3233F

HEX#E3233F

RGBrgb(227, 35, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.1373, 0.2471

RGB percentages89%, 13.7%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(351.3, 77.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.3, 84.6%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 84.6%, 72.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,885,695

CSS custom property--colour: #E3233F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1

Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#1CDCC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635C3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 75.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#928338no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FA0031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 2.8 Firebrick · ΔE 17.9 Tomato · ΔE 21.3 Brown · ΔE 24.2 Indian red · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 2.75, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23E3C7

Analogous#E3239F, #E36723

Triadic#3FE323, #233FE3

Split complementary#23E367, #239FE3

Tetradic#9FE323, #23E3C7, #6723E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAD8DD

Lighter +30%#F4ABB5

Lighter +20%#EF7D8E

Lighter +10%#E95066

Darker −10%#BB1830

Darker −20%#8E1224

Darker −30%#610C19

Darker −40%#33070D

More saturated +25%#FF072B

Less saturated −25%#C44255

Channel breakdown

R227

G35

B63

Red227 (89%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue351.25°

Saturation (HSL)77.42%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 23 · B 3F

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