Recognised as Colour

#E33B51

#E33B51
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#E33B51 is a red with RGB values 227, 59, 81 and HSL 352°, 75%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#E33B51#E33B51

HEX#E33B51

RGBrgb(227, 59, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.2314, 0.3176

RGB percentages89%, 23.1%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(352.1, 75%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.1, 74%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 74%, 64.3%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,891,857

CSS custom property--colour: #E33B51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.01:1

Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#1CC4AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B6551no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#95894Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F90045no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 10 Firebrick · ΔE 18.6 Indian red · ΔE 20.7 Brown · ΔE 21.1 Tomato · ΔE 22.7 Salmon · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3BE3CD

Analogous#E33BA5, #E3793B

Triadic#51E33B, #3B51E3

Split complementary#3BE379, #3BA5E3

Tetradic#A5E33B, #3BE3CD, #793BE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCEEEF

Lighter +30%#F6C1C8

Lighter +20%#F094A0

Lighter +10%#E96879

Darker −10%#CE1D34

Darker −20%#A11729

Darker −30%#74111E

Darker −40%#480A12

More saturated +25%#FF1F3C

Less saturated −25%#C75766

Channel breakdown

R227

G59

B81

Red227 (89%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue352.14°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 3B · B 51

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Colour values

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