Recognised as Colour

#E34A2E

#E34A2E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E34A2E is a red with RGB values 227, 74, 46 and HSL 9°, 76%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E34A2E#E34A2E

HEX#E34A2E

RGBrgb(227, 74, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.2902, 0.1804

RGB percentages89%, 29%, 18%

HSLhsl(9.3, 76.4%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.3, 79.7%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 79.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,895,662

CSS custom property--colour: #E34A2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#1CB5D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776A29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9D8C27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FA1545no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 9 Firebrick · ΔE 18.1 Coral · ΔE 18.7 Crimson · ΔE 20.8 Chocolate · ΔE 22.5 Orange red · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2EC7E3

Analogous#E32E6D, #E3A52E

Triadic#2EE34A, #4A2EE3

Split complementary#2EE3A4, #2E6DE3

Tetradic#6CE32E, #2EC7E3, #A42EE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE6E2

Lighter +30%#F5BFB5

Lighter +20%#EF9888

Lighter +10%#E9715B

Darker −10%#C4341A

Darker −20%#972814

Darker −30%#6A1C0E

Darker −40%#3D1008

More saturated +25%#FF3712

Less saturated −25%#C55E4C

Channel breakdown

R227

G74

B46

Red227 (89%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue9.28°

Saturation (HSL)76.37%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 4A · B 2E

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