Recognised as Colour

#E3340E

#E3340E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Orange red

#E3340E is a red with RGB values 227, 52, 14 and HSL 11°, 88%, 47%. 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

#E3340E#E3340E

HEX#E3340E

RGBrgb(227, 52, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.2039, 0.0549

RGB percentages89%, 20.4%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(10.7, 88.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.7, 93.8%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 77.1%, 93.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,889,998

CSS custom property--colour: #E3340E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1

Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#1CCBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D5F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#978600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FB002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orange red · ΔE 12.4 Red · ΔE 17.4 Tomato · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 26 Crimson · ΔE 26.6 Coral · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOrange red (#FF4500)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0EBDE3

Analogous#E30E52, #E39F0E

Triadic#0EE334, #340EE3

Split complementary#0EE39E, #0E53E3

Tetradic#53E30E, #0EBDE3, #9E0EE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBCCC2

Lighter +30%#F8A492

Lighter +20%#F57C62

Lighter +10%#F25432

Darker −10%#B3290B

Darker −20%#831E08

Darker −30%#531305

Darker −40%#230802

More saturated +25%#F12B00

Less saturated −25%#C5472C

Channel breakdown

R227

G52

B14

Red227 (89%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue10.7°

Saturation (HSL)88.38%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 34 · B 0E

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