Colour

#E3523E

#E3523E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Tomato

#E3523E is a red with RGB values 227, 82, 62 and HSL 7°, 75%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tomato.

Colour values

#E3523E#E3523E

HEX#E3523E

RGBrgb(227, 82, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.3216, 0.2431

RGB percentages89%, 32.2%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(7.3, 74.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.3, 72.7%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 63.9%, 72.7%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,897,726

CSS custom property--colour: #E3523E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.54:1

Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#1CADC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6F3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E8F39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F92C4Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tomato · ΔE 9.2 Firebrick · ΔE 16.2 Coral · ΔE 17 Crimson · ΔE 19.3 Salmon · ΔE 20.3 Brown · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourTomato (#FF6347)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3ECFE3

Analogous#E33E7D, #E3A43E

Triadic#3EE352, #523EE3

Split complementary#3EE3A4, #3E7DE3

Tetradic#7DE33E, #3ECFE3, #A43EE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF2F0

Lighter +30%#F6CAC4

Lighter +20%#F0A297

Lighter +10%#E97A6B

Darker −10%#D0341E

Darker −20%#A32918

Darker −30%#771E11

Darker −40%#4A120B

More saturated +25%#FF3D22

Less saturated −25%#C7675A

Channel breakdown

R227

G82

B62

Red227 (89%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue7.27°

Saturation (HSL)74.66%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G 52 · B 3E

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